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 hightest 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 till 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 payin' and my wishin' to be happy
 Will come true enough
 And...
 I want to be 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...
 Oh, I will be grand...
 In America
 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 tru 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 tru enough
 And...
 I want to rise above myself...
 ...Oh, I will be grand
 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