Down in front of Caseys old brown wooden stoop
On a summers evening we formed a merry group
Boys and girls together we would sing and waltz
While Tony played the organ on the sidewalks of New York
East Side, West Side, all around the town
The tots sang ring-a-rosie, London Bridge is falling down
Boys and girls together, me and Mamie ORourke
Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York
Thats where Johnny Casey, little Jimmy Crowe
Jakey Krause, the baker, who always had the dough
Pretty Nellie Shannon with a dude as light as cork
She first picked up the waltz step on the sidewalks of New York
Things have changed since those times, some are up in G
Others they are wandrers but they all feel just like me
Theyd part with all theyve got, could they once more walk
With their best girl and have a twirl on the sidewalks of New York