Lady's Maid

I will be a proper person
People will look up to me
What a girl, that girl McGowan
Katie Violet, Maud Marie

I aspire to heights of glory
In the new world that can be
In that grandest nation I'll stand tall
Reach my very highest hopes of all

I want to be a lady's maid
Lady's maid in America
In America, the streets are paved with gold
I want to be a governess
Governess in America
"In America, it's better," I am told

I want to be a sewing girl
Sewing girl in America
In America, I'll sew 'til I am old
There's a place called Chicago
I've seen it on the map
There's a place called Mary-land
I've seen it on the map

There's a place in America
Called Albuquerque
And I'm hopin' it's a bit like Donegal
Oh, I'm hopin' that it is
There I'm hopin' that it is
Where my dreamin', and my hopin', and my schemin'
And my prayin', and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough and

I want to be an engineer, an engineer
(Oh, I will be grand)
In America, the streets are paved with gold (the streets are paved with gold)
I want a shop to call my own, to call my own
(Oh, I will be grand)
"In America, it's better," I am told ("In America, it's better," I am told)

Oh, far beyond the Northern sea
A new life can unfold
And I'm planning that it will
How I'm planning that it will
Where my dreamin', and my hopin', and my schemin'
And my prayin', and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough and

I want to be a millionaire
Millionaire in America
Strike it rich and spend the fortune I amass
I want to be a constable
Constable in America
In America you rise above your class

Oh, there's the place your industry and talent can be sold
And I'm certain that it will, there I'm certain that it will
Ich will ein gutes leben haben
Una bella vita negli Stati Uniti
Where my dreamin', and my hopin', and my schemin'
And my prayin', and my wishin' to be happy
Will come true enough and

I want to rise above myself
(Oh, I will be grand)
America, the streets are paved with gold (America, the streets are)
(America, the streets are paved with gold)

I want to be a lady's maid
(Millionaire, engineer) in America
Better place for me and you
Better land to start anew
Better land for the baby
That I hold