Mush:

A pair of new shoes with matching laces



Racetrack:

A permanent box at Sheepshead Races



Spot Conlon:

A porcelain tub with boiling water



Kid Blink:

A Saturday night with the Mayor's daughter!



Racetrack:

Look at me

I'm the King of New York!

Suddenly

I'm respectable

Staring right atcha

Lousy with stature



Jack:

Nobbin' with all the muckety-mucks

I'm blowing my dough and going deluxe



Racetrack:

And there I'll be!

Ain't I pretty?

(with Jack)

It's my city

I'm the King of New York!



Boots:

A corduroy suit with fitted knickers



Les:

A mezzanine seat to see the flickers



Snipeshooter:

Havana cigars that cost a quarter



David:

An editor's desk for our star reporter!



Newsies:

Tip your hat!

He's the King of New York



Denton:

How about that?

I'm the King of New York



Newsies:

In nothing flat

He'll be covering

Brooklyn to Trenton

Our man Denton



Kid Blink:

Making the headlines out of a hunch



Denton:

Protecting the weak



Racetrack:

And paying for lunch



Denton:

When I'm at bat

Strong men crumble



Racetrack:

Proud yet humble.

(with Denton) He's (I'm) the King of New York



Newsies:

I gotta be either dead or dreaming

'Cuz look at that pape with my face beaming

Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it

But I was a star for one whole minute!



Starting now

I'm the King (of New York!)



Denton:

Ain't you heard?

I'm the King of New York!



Newsies:

Holy cow

It's a miracle

Pulitzer's crying

Weasel? He's dying!

Flashpots are shooting bright as the sun

I'm one hifalutin' sonuva gun!

Don't ask me how

Fortune found me

Fate just crowned me

I'm the King of New (York)

Look and see

Once a piker

Now a striker

I'm the King of New (York)

Victory!

Front page story

Guts and glory

I'm the king

of New York