There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

Bess, there's a boat that's leavin'

Soon for New York

Come with me

That's where we belong, sister

You and me can live that

High life in New York

Come with me

There you can't go wrong, sister

I'll buy you the swellest mansion

Upon upper Fifth Avenue

And through Harlem we'll go struttin'

We'll go a-struttin'

And there'll be nothin'

Too good for you

I'll dress you in silks and satins

In the latest Paris styles

All the blues you'll be forgettin'

You'll be forgettin'

There'll be no frettin'

Just nothin' but smiles

Come along with me

That's the place, huh

Don't be a fool, come along

Come along

There's a boat that's leavin'

Soon for New York

Come with me

That's where we belong, sister

That's where we belong

There's a boat that's leavin'

Soon for New York

Come with me

That's where we belong, Bess

That's where we belong

Come on, Bess