Extra, Extra Composer(s): Irving Berlin Performer(s)): Ensemble Cast
6 Newsboys: Extra! Extra! Morning, Noon, and Night we yell Trying very hard to sell Mr. Bennett's morning Herald, Mr. Pulitzer's morning World Extra! Extra! Every day the same old grind Getting worse because we find That it's gard to sell the Herald, while it's easy to sell the World
3 Newsboys: That isn't good for Mr. Bennett, so it's driving him nuts
Other 3: And the result is Mr. Bennett hates Mr. Pulitzer's guts
All 6: They're a-feudin' and a-fussin' and a-fussin' and a-feudin' and it don't seem to make much sense Mr.Bennett's usin' the kind of words that we wouldn't write on a fence Extra! Extra! Who will in is hard to tell In the meantime we must sell Mr. Bennett's morning Herald, Mr. Pulitzer's morning World
Readers (yelling, the World is the more popular): Give me a World! Give me a World! Give me a Herald! Give me a World! Give me a World! Give me a Herald!
Newsboys: Extra!
Herald Readers: I like the Herald filled with stock market news Smart social items and conservative views It's quite amazing how we always agree! I'm for the Herald 'cause the Herald's for me!
World Readers: Couldn't eat a meal without the World That's the way we feel about the World It's the people's paper, yes indeed With the kind of news we like to read Circulation bigger every day, 'Spite of what the other papers say! 'Spite of accusations that are hurled Never was a paper like the World
Herald and World Readers Simultaneously: Couldn't eat a meal without the World That's the way we feel about the World It's the people's paper, yes indeed With the kind of news we like to read Circulation bigger every day, 'Spite of what the other papers say! 'Spite of accusations that are hurled Never was a paper like the World
(I like the Herald filled with stock market news Smart social items and conservative views It's quite amazing how we always agree! I'm for the Herald 'cause the Herald's for me!)
All: Extra! Extra! Soon they'll/we'll all be getting hell Just because they/we couldn't sell Mr. Bennett's morning Herald, And they're/our be imperiled when he hears how many they/we sold of Mr. Pulitzer's morning World Extra! Extra!
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