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    One Of The Devil's Own Nights

    Oh! the night that I struck New York,
    I went out for a quiet walk;
    Folks who are "on to" the city say,
    Better by far that I took Broadway;
    But I was out to enjoy the sights,
    There was the Bow'ry ablaze with lights;
    I had one of the devil's own nights!
    I'll never go there anymore.
    [From Charles Hoyt's lyrics for A Trip to Chinatown, 1892, via The New York Sun]


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