WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:49:10 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Comden, Betty – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Comden, Betty -- “New York, New York” (song) [with Adolph Green] (1944) https://wist.info/comden-betty/16912/ https://wist.info/comden-betty/16912/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:35:50 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=16912 New York, New York — a helluva town,
The Bronx is up, but the Battery’s down,
The people ride in a hole in the ground:
New York, New York — it’s a helluva town.


Betty Comden (1917-2006) Actress, comedian, screenwriter, lyricist
“New York, New York” (song) [with Adolph Green] (1944)
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