On The Downtown Side Of An Uptown Street
On the downtown side of an uptown street
Is the home of a girl that I'd like to meet,
But I'm on the uptown,
And she's on the downtown,
On the downtown side of an uptown street.
On the uptown side of the crowded old "L,"
I see her so often I know her quite well,
But I'm on the downtown
When she's on the uptown,
On the uptown side of the crowded old "L."
On the uptown side of a downtown street
This girl is employed that I'd like to meet,
But I work on the downtown
And she on the uptown,
The uptown side of a downtown street.
On a downtown car of the Broadway line
Often I see her for whom I repine,
But when I'm on a uptown
She's on a downtown,
On a downtown car of the Broadway line.
Oh, to be downtown when I am uptown,
Oh, to be uptown when I am downtown,
I work at night time,
She in the daytime,
Never the right time for us to meet,
Uptown or downtown, in "L," car or street.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AabbACcbbC aabba DbbbD bbeeaa |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 868 |
Words | 191 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 5, 5, 6 |
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