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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]

10:41 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Nick Denton
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