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Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for New York, New York (On The Town) that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
Frank Sinatra's, "New York, New York (On The Town)"
Misheard Lyrics:
The stocks are up and The Battery's down
Original Lyrics:
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down
Song from a 1944 film entitled "On The Town". Wikipidia shows the title as "New York, New York (On The Town)" as to differentiate it from "(Theme From) New York, New York", a song that Frank performed much later.
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