Letras de Tenement Symphony

Schubert wrote a symphony
It′s too bad he didn't finish it
Then Gershwin took a chord in G
And proceeded to diminish it
I wanted a variation
On a theme that I thought pretty
And I found my inspiration
In the heart of New York City

The Combs and the Kellys
The Campbells and Vermicellis
All form a part of my tenement symphony
The Combs′ pianola
The Kellys and their Victrola
All warm the heart of my tenement symphony

The Campbells come tumbling down the stairs
Dulia, dulia, dulia
Oh, Marie, wait Marie
You'll be late for your date with Izzy

And from this confusion
I dreamed up a grand illusion
It's my tenement symphony in four flats

The kid on the first floor keeps practicing the minuet
And the kid on the second floor
Is yelling for that dinner that he didn′t get
And the guy on the third floor′s wakened from his slumber
By the guy on the fourth floor who's practicing the rumba
The songs of my ghetto inspired the allegretto
You′ll find them in my tenement symphony
The cry of a vendor
Met a lullaby sweet and tender
I combined them in my tenement symphony

The yelling of children will greet your ears
Dulia, dulia, dulia
Holy gee, holy gee
Gotta stop, there's a cop, hey, jakey

And from this confusion
I dreamed up a grand illusion
It′s my tenement symphony in four flats