Miss Liberty movie - Most Expensive Statue In The World, The lyrics

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Citizens of New York, I greet you<br>

With the hundred thousand dollar check<br>

The money that my readers have contributed<br>

For the pedestal of the statue<br>

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Citizens of New York, I greet you<br>

With the news that soon our flag will be unfurled<br>

On the most expensive statue in the world<br>

-On the most expensive statue in the world<br>

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When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?<br>

-When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?<br>

When we finally install it<br>

What's the diff'rence what we call it?<br>

It's the best that money can buy<br>

And will stand three hundred feet high<br>

And I understand before we're through the cost may not be known<br>

A hundred thousand dollars for the pedestal alone<br>

And our flag will soon be unfurled<br>

On the most expensive statue in the world<br>

-On the most expensive statue in the world<br>

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When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?<br>

-When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?<br>

When at last we come to claim it<br>

What's the diff'rence what we name it?<br>

What's important is the expense<br>

What it means in dollars and cents<br>

From the French across the ocean it was sent to me and you<br>

And now I'd like to call upon and hear a word or two<br>

From our friend the French ambassador<br>

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Your honor, I speak not for my government, but my people<br>

For it is not my government, but my people who give this statue<br>

Creation of the genius of Bartholdi<br>

May it arise in your harbor and give the light of<br>

Liberty, equality, fraternity<br>

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Finally, when we install it, why don't we call it "Liberty"?<br>

"The Statue of Liberty"!<br>

-"The Statue of Liberty"!<br>

And the most expensive statue in the world!<br>

-And the most expensive statue in the world!<br>

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