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Ray Charles
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Miscellaneous
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Bath
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Larry Hart and Richard Rodgers
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Were a pair of artful dodgers
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Who found success
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In the US;
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For myself, I find New Yorkers
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Somewhat brash and rather raucous --
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Why don't we stay
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In the UK?
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We had Manhattan, we had the chattin' and the talk,
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We had that song about New York,
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But there's a city that's far more pretty in the West,
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I think you may have guessed,
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I know you'll be impressed,
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It's the best.
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As Aquae Sulis this little jewel is sometimes known,
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A place the Georgians made their own;
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This is the city you can't forget,
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Restored into Somerset --
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Who'd have Manhattan when you can come to Bath?
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The Royal Crescent is always pleasant on the eye,
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And now those buses don't pass by.
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Go round the Circus -- what else could work as perfectly?
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Admire its symmetry,
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A circle cut in three,
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Radially.
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The bridge at Pulteney would not insult Neapolitans,
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And even Florentines are fans;
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This is the city without compare,
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Remember to see Queen Square --
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Who'd have Manhattan when you can come to Bath?
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Down by the Avon, it's such a haven from the crowd,
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The rugby never seems too loud;
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Round by the Abbey it's never shabby, dull or flat --
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The buskers see to that,
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Put something in their hat,
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Rat-a-tat.
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In Sydney Gardens they need no pardons for the view,
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You've got canal and railway too.
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This is the city no one can spoil,
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So visit the Theatre Royal --
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Who'd have Manhattan when you can come to Bath?
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Go up to Combe Down -- there's loads of room down Foxhill way,
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Go round to Walcot Street and play.
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Go out to Twerton and do some flirtin' for a lark,
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Or really make your mark
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And go to Oldfield Park
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After dark.
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Go down to Whiteway -- you know the right way, I assume,
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Or take a trip to Monkton Combe.
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This is the city of home and hearth,
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You know every street and path --
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Who'd have Manhattan when you can live in Bath?
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-- Guy Barry (after Lorenz Hart)
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