Rags: The New American Musical: Yankee Boy

Six years ago when I first got off the boat
 I saw a man I wanted to be
 I saw a fat cat in a derby hat
 And said, Someday, that'll be me
 So I did a couple of favors
 For a couple of folks, bought a couple of rounds
 Told a couple of jokes
 Got to know all the people you got to know
 'Cause I swore on that day
 Six long years ago
 I'm gonna be
 A Yankee boy
 My Uncle Sammy's pride and joy
 I'm gonna strut down the street
 Gold at my feet
 White bread and meat, my favorite thing to eat
 Delicious, eh?
 I think it's grand
 To hear the Navy band
 When they start to play O Say Can You See
 That Yankee boy
 That's me!
 Somehow, I'm here
 Somehow, I came
 Ain't got a penny to my name
 Don't know a soul
 Don't own a crumb
 What the hey? It's okay
 It's America!
 And in a year
 Or maybe two
 Like every Yank you ever knew
 I'll own a bank and when I do
 I'm gonna be (I'm gonna be)
 A Yankee boy (A Yankee boy)
 My Uncle Sammy's pride and joy (My Uncle Sammy's pride and joy)
 I'll be a star-spangled guy (Yes, very)
 Love apple pie (And cherry!)
 Fourth of July, I'll be so damn proud I cry (America, we'll cry!)
 Hip hip hooray!
 U.S. of A
 We've come a long, long way
 To where a bum from a slum can come over the sea
 And with pluck, and some luck, look! He's Andrew Carnegie
 Oh, you're gonna do it (For spacious skies)
 For Yankee boys! (For Yankee boys!)
 For Yankee boys
 Like me