[Race] 
            
That's my ciga


r
[Albert]
           
You'll steal a

 
nother
[Specs]
              
Hey, look, it'

         
s bath time at

     
 the zoo
[Henry]
              
I thought that

          
 I'd suprise m

  
y mother
[Albert]
             
If you could f

     
ind her
[Newsies]
             
Who asked you

          

[Race]
            
From Bottle Al

          
ley to the har

bor
             
There's easy p

/            
ickings guaran


teed
[Finch]
          
Try any banker

          
, bum, or barb

er...
            
They almost al

             
l knows how to

  
 read!

[Jack]
          
It's a crooked

            
 game we're pl

/    
ayin'
          
One we'll neve

   
r lose
        
Long as sucker

           
s don't mind p

/
ayin'
        
Just to get ba

  
d news

[Newsies]
             
Ain't it a fin

  
e life
            
Carryin' the b

/            
anner through 

                 
it all
             
A mighty fine 


life
            
Carryin' the b

/            
anner tough an

        
d tall
           
When the bell 

 
rings
           
We goes where 

  
we wishes

We's as free a

s fishes
         
Sure beats was

     
hing dishes
        
What a fine...

#  
 life
         
Carryin' the b

              
anner home-fre

   
e all!

[Finch] (Spoken)

Hey Crutchie, 

what your leg 

say, gonna rai

n?
[Crutchie] (Spoken)
          
No rain... Ha,


 partly cloudy

 clear by even

in'!
[Race] (Spoken)

And the limp s

ells 50 papes 

all by itself!
[Crutchie]
              
I don't need a

              
 limp to sell 

              
papes. I've go

         
t personality.
            
It takes a smi

           
le that spread

        
s like butter
              
The kind that 

         
turns a lady's

  
 head
[Racetrack]
          
   It takes an

       
 orphan with a

   
 stutter
[Finch]
            
Who's also bli


nd
[Albert]
    
And mute
[Elmer]
     
And dead!

[Crutchie, Buttons, Jo-Jo]
          
Summer stinks 

             
and winter's f


reezing
          
When you works

    
 outdoors

[Jack, Tommy Boy, Crutchie, Buttons, Jo-Jo] 
        
Start out swea

         
ting end up sn


eezing
        
In between it 

 
pours!

[Newsies]
              
Still, it's a 

     
fine life
             
Carryin' the b

           
anner with me 

               
chums
             
A bunch of big

 
 shots
             
Tossin' out a 

           
freebie to the

         
 bums


[Finch]
              
Hey! What's th

  
e hold up
 
Waitin' makes 

me antsy

I likes living

 chancey
[Newsies]
        
Harlem to Dela


ncey
        
What a fine li

#  
fe
 
Carryin' the b

anner through 

the

[Nuns]
   
Blessed childr

en
         
Though you wan

           
der lost and d

 
epraved
 
     Jesus....

)  
. loves you
      
You shall be s

   
aved!

[Race] (In counterpoint to Nuns and other Newsies)
    
Curdled coffee


         
Concrete donut

           
s sprinkled wi

    
th mold
 
Homemade... bi

)  
scuits
       
Just two years

 
 old


[Jack]

If I hate the 

headlines

I'll make up a

 headline
[Add Crutchie]
     
And I'll say a

nything I haft

a
[Add Race and Romeo]
       
'Cause at two 

for a penny if

 I take too ma

ny
   
Weasel just ma

kes me eat 'em

 afta

[Group One]                                          [Group Two]
       
Got a feelin' 

bout the headl

ine           

           I d

o too!
              
I smells me a 

              
headline      

              
              

              
           So 

              
it must be tru

  
e

Papes are gonna sell like we was givin' em' away      What a switch!
        
Betcha dinner 

it's a doozy  

              

           Soo

n we'll all be

 rich

'bout a pistol-packing floozey
         
Who know how..

.             

              

           Don

't know a bett

er way...
[Both Groups]
              
...to make a n

        
ewsie's day!

[Newsies]
            
You wanna move

          
 the next edit

    
ion
            
Give us an ear

          
thquake or a w

ar
[Elmer]
             
How 'bout a cr

        
ooked politici

an
[Newsies]
            
Ya nitwit, tha

           
t ain't news n

   
o more

          
Uptown to Gran

          
d Central Stat

ion
          
Down to City H


all
          
We improves ou

      
r circulation
          
Walking till w

  
e fall

[Group One]                               [Group Two]
             
But we'll be o

  
ut there      

              

Got a feelin' 

bout the headl

ine, I smells 

me a headline
             
Carrying the b

            
anner man to m

             
an!           

              
Papes is gonna

          
 sell like we 

             
was givin' em'

  
 away
             
We're always o

  
ut there      

              

Betcha dinner 

it's a doozy, 

'bout a pistol

-packing flooz

ey
             
Soakin' every 

             
sucker that we

          
 can!         

              
Don't know any

              
 better way to

         
 make a newsie

's day
           
Here's the hea


dline:        

              

I was stakin' 

out the circus

 
  
Newsies on a m

ission!       

              

And then someo

ne said that c

oney's really 

hot

Kill the compe

tition        

              

But when I get

 there
        
Sell the next 

  
edition       

              

There was Spot

 with all his 

cronies
         
We'll be out t

here, carryin'

 the banner   

Heck, I'm gonn

a take what li

ttle dough I g

ot and play th

e ponies
          
See us out the

     
re, carryin' t

he banner     

We at least de

serve a headli

ne for the hou

rs that they w

ork us
         
See us out the

    
re, carryin' t

         
he banner     

Jeez, I bet if

 I just stayed

 a little long

er at the circ

us


[Newsies]
             
We'll all be o

        
ut there, carr

             
yin' the banne

                        
r man to man
              
We're always o

        
ut there, soak

             
in' evey sucke

                  
r that we can
           
Here's the hea


d...line:
  
Newsies on a m

ission
 
Kill the compe

tition
         
Sell the next 

  
edition
           
We'll be out t

        
here, carryin'

 the banner
           
See us out the

      
re, carryin' t

he banner
           
Always out the

      
re, carryin' t

he banner
             
Ah, ah, ah, go

!