In New York City during the 1890s, thousands of homeless and

In New York City during the 1890s, thousands of homeless and orphaned
children are selling newspapers to support themselves and buy food. The
"newsies" as they are called, live together in newsboys' lodging homes. Among
them is 17-year old Manhattan newsboy Jack "Cowboy" Kelly, who is a regular
newsboy selling newspapers for Joseph Pulitzer and his paper, the New York
World. The newsboys wake up and get ready to sell papers ("Carrying the
Banner"). Jack meets David Jacobs, who leaves school temporarily and joins
the Newsies along with his little brother Les to help his family while his father is
out of work with a broken arm. The injury was work-related, but because he
lacked the protection of a union he was fired with no severance. Les looks up to
Jack, who sees this as an opportunity to make money by using Les because he
is younger and cute, proceeding to teach Les how to trick people into buying a
paper by pretending to be sick and making up headlines.
The three of them duck into Irving Hall to escape being chased by a cop. Jack
introduces Les and David to Medda "Swedish Meadowlark" Larkson, a
vaudeville star who performs at Irving Hall ("Lovey Dovey Baby"). After they
witness a violent part of the trolley strike, David invites Jack to meet his family
including his sister Sarah. After declining to spend the night, Jack confesses his
desire to escape to Santa Fe ("Santa Fe"). Soon, Jack and David became best
friends. Shortly afterward, the price of newspapers for purchase by the
newsboys is raised by ten cents, a decision made by the newspaper titans,
Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
Feeling they will be unable to bear the added cost, Jack organizes a strike with
the aid of David ("The World Will Know"/"Seize the Day"). Jack struggles with
his past life at home as he forms an important friendship with David and his
family. Between his dream of one day going to Santa Fe and currently wanting
to help his friends, he faces many difficult decisions involving money and loyalty.
Along the way, the boys are aided by newspaper reporter Bryan Denton and
Medda, as well as being hindered by Snyder, warden of "The Refuge" juvenile
detention facility. Jack and the Newsies gain the cooperation of rival newsboy
groups from New York and Brooklyn to team up and strike against the big-shot
newspapermen.
They eventually win their hard-fought demands after self-publishing and
distributing a sympathetic newspaper flier ("Once and For All") and gaining the
support of other non-union child workers around the city. Jack and David force
Pulitzer to admit defeat, resulting with the Newsies winning the strike and
Snyder being arrested. Denton tells Jack that Governor Theodore Roosevelt
was grateful Jack brought the strike to his attention and Roosevelt is offering to
give him a ride anywhere, and Jack requests to be taken to the train station to
catch a train to Santa Fe. His friends are disappointed to see him leave, but
Roosevelt convinces Jack to stay with his friends in New York City. Sarah
catches up to Jack and the two kiss while the Newsies celebrate.
Narration
In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of
newsies...
...peddling the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst
and other giants of the newspaper world. On every corner, you saw'em
carrying the banner, bringing you the news for a penny a pape. Poor
orphans and run always, the newsies were a ragged army without a leader.
Until one day, All that changed.
@NEWSBOYS LODGING HOUSE
Chapter1
Kloppman (Manager of the House)
Boots!
Skittery, Skittery? Skittery!
A boy
- I didn't do it,Kloppman
What do mean you didn't do it?
Get up! Get up! Will you get up? You have to get up! Snitch! Get up, get
up, get up, get up. Come on. Everybody's sleeping here. They sleep, they
sleep,,.
They sleep their life away, these kids. The ink is wet. The presses are
rolling!
Sell a pape! Sell a pape!
Boys
- Agh! - Hey!
Kloppman
Hey, Cowboy. Hey, Cowboy.Come on, you dreaming about selling
papers?
- Hey, hey, hey. - Don't bother me.
Jack (Jack Kelly ”Cowboy”)
Don't, What's the matter with you?
Kloppman
- What's the matter with me?Jack
What's the matter with you?
- Hey,,,- Get off my back.
Kloppman and Jack
- Hey! Come on!- Get away from me, You're mad!
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Kloppman
Get up! Get up! Get up, boy, Come on, come on,All right! Carry the
banner! Sell the papers!Sell the papers! What are you doing?Sell the
papers!
---------------------Beginning of Musical part1 ------------------------Racetrack(Racetrack Higgins)
That's my cigar.
A boy2
-You'll steal anudder- Hey!
Kid
Hey, bummers, we got work to do.
Skittery
Since when did you become me mudder?
Crutchy
Aw , stop your bawling.
Boys
Who asked you?
Mush
- How'd you sleep, Jack?
Jack
- On me back, Mush.
Mush
Hear that, fell as? Hear what Jack said?
I asked Jack how he slept and he said,''On me back, Mush,''.
Crutchy
Hey, Jack, when I walk,does it Iook Like I'm faking it?
Jack
No,Who says you're faking it?
Crutchy
I don't know, It's just there's so many fake crips on the street today,
a real crip ain't got a chance.
I gotta find me a new selling spot where they ain't used to seeing me.
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Mush
Try Bottle Alley or the harbor
Racetrack
Try Central Park, it's guaranteed
Jack
Try any banker, bum or barber
A boy
They almost All knows how to read
Kid
- I smell money
Crutchy
- you smell foul
Mush
Met this girl last night
Crutchy
Ow ! Move your elbow
Racetrack
Pass the towel
A boy
For a buck I might
Boys
Ain't it a fine life carrying the banner through it All
A mighty fine life carrying the banner tough and tall
Every morning we goes where we wishes
We's as free as fishes Sure beats washing dishes
What a fine life carrying the banner, home-free all
Whoo! Whoo!
Staff boy
Go, go, go, go! Come on, come on, come on! Hurry up! Come on, come
on, come on!
Hurry up! Get the lead out of your pants! Come on, come on! Move it,
move it! Go! Go! Go!
Hurry! Go, go, go!
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@Street
Boys
Summer stinks and winter's waiting
Welcome to New York Boy, ain't nature fascinating
when youse gotta walk
Still it's a fine life, carrying the banner with me chums
It's a fine life, carrying the banner with me chums
A mighty fine life, blowing every nickel as it comes
It's a fine life, blowing every nickel as it comes
I'm no snoozer Sitting makes me antsy I likes living chancy Harlem to
Delancey
What a fine life, carrying the banner through the slums
sisters
Blessed...children Though you wander lost and depraved
Jesus...loves you You shall be saved
A woman
- Patrick...
Racetrack
- Just give me half a cup
A woman
- ...darlingKid
Something to wake me up
A woman
- Since you left meMush
I gotta find an angle
A woman
- I am undoneCrutchy
I got to sell more papes
A woman
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- Mother...
Boys
- Papers is All I got - Wish I could catch a breezeA woman
...loves you
Boys
Sure hope the headline's hot, All I can catch is fleas
A woman
God save...
Boys
- God help me if it's not
A woman
-... my son
Boys
- Somebody help me please
If I hate the headlines I'll make up the headline
And I'll say anything I hafta
'Cause it's two for a penny if I take too many
Weasel just makes me eat 'em afta
Look, they're putting up the head line,
You call that a headline?
I get better stories
from the copper on the beat
I was gonna start with 20,
but a dozen'll be plenty
Tell me how
I'm gonna make ends meet?
We need a good assassination
We need an earthquake or a war
How about a crooked politician? Hey, stupid, that ain't news no more
Uptown to Grand Central Station, Down to City Hall
We improves our circulation,
walking till we fall
Still we'll be out there
carrying the banner man to man
We'll be out there
soaking every sucker that we can
See the headline
newsies on a mission
Kill the competition,
sell the next edition
While we're out there
carrying the banner is the...
---------------end of musical part 1--------------Racetrack
Dear me, what is that unpleasant aroma? I fear the sewer may have backed
up during the night.
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Boots
A boy It's too rotten to be the sewer.
Crutchy
Yeah, yeah, It must be the Delancey brothers.
Racetrack
Hiya, boys.
Oscar(Oscar Delancey)
In the back, you lousy little shrimp!
Racetrack
It's not good to do that, Not healthy.
Jack
You shouldn't call people lousy little shrimps, Oscar.
Unless you're referring to the family resemblance of your brother here.
Racetrack
Hey, five to one the Cowboy skunks 'em! Who's betting?
Boys
Nah! Bum odds!
Jack
That's right, It's an insult, And so's this.
<Fighting on the road>
David(David Jacobs)
What do you think you're doing?
Jack
Running!
-----------------------Beginning of Musical part 2---------------------It's a fine life
carrying the banner through it All
A mighty fine life,
carrying the banner tough and tAll
See the headline
newsies on a mission
Kill the competition,
sell the next edition
It's a fine life
carrying the banner
It's a fine life
carrying the banner
It's a fine life
carrying the banner
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It's a fine life
carrying the banner
It's a fine life...
Go get 'em, Cowboy!
Carrying the banner is a go!
-----------------end of musical part 2-----------------------Chapter2
@distribution room
Staff boy
This is for the newsies!
@ front of Sales office
Racetrack
That is brilliant, Better than yesterday.
Jack
You're too kind to me, Race, You're too kind.
Oscar
- We'll play again tomorrow. Cowboy.
Morris
- That will be nice, You're as good as dead, Cowboy.
Jack
Mr. Weasel?
Weisel
All right, All right. Hold your horses, hold your horses. I'm coming.
Jack
So did you miss me, Weasel? Did you? Did you miss me?
Weisel
I told you a million times, the name is Weisel, Mr. Weisel to you, How
many?
Jack
Don't rush me, I'm perusing the merchandise, Mr.Weasel.
- The usual.
Weisel
- 100 papes to the wise guy.
Next.
Racetrack
Morning, Your Honor. Listen, do me a favor, Weasel, spot me 50 papes,
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huh? I got a hot tip on the 4th,Won't waste your money.
Weisel
- It's a sure thing?- Oh, yeah, Not like last time.
Weisel
50 papes, Next.
Crutchy
Heya, Mr. Weasel.
Jack
Weak head line.
Racetrack
- Anything good this morning?- you wanna sit down?
Weisel
- Next!
David
- 20 papes, please.
Weisel
- 20 papes.
David
- Thanks.
Racetrack
Look at this -''Baby born with two heads,'' Must be from Brooklyn.
Weisel
Hey, hey. Come on, come on. You got your papes, now beat it.
David
I paid for 20 and I only got 19.
Weisel
Are you accusing me of lying, kid?
David
No, I just want my paper.
Morris
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He said beat it.
Jack
No, it's 19, Weasellt's 19, but don't worry about it, It's an honest mistake.
I mean, Morris, he can't count to 20 with his shoes on.
Weisel
All right, get outta here!
Jack
Hold it, Race, will you spot me two bits?
Racetrack
- Here.
Jack
- Thanks.
Jack
- Another 50 for my friend here.
David
- Oh, I don't want another 50.
Jack
Sure you do, Every newsie wants more papes.
David
- I don't,- What are you, stupid?
I don't want your papes. I don't take charity from anybody. I don't even
know you and I don't care to. Here are your papes.
Les (Les Jacobs - young brother)
Cowboy, They call him Cowboy.
Jack
Yeah, well, that and a lot of other things, including Jack Kelly, which is
what my mother called me, What do they call you?
Les
Les, and this is my brother, David, He's older.
Jack
Oh, no kiddin'? So, how old are you, Les?
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Les
- Uh, near 1 0.
Jack
- Near 1 0, Well, that's no good. If anyone asks, you should say you're
seven.
See, younger sells more papes, Les. If we're gonna be partners,,.
David
Wait, wait, wait,Who said anything about partners?
Jack
Well, you owe me two bits, right?
So I'll consider that an investment. We sell together, we split…
…70-30, plus you get the benefit of observing me, no charge.
David
- Uh-hah!
Jack
- Uh-hah!
Crutchy
Hey, you're getting the chance of a lifetime here, Davey.
You learn from Jack, you learn from the best.
Boys
- The best. - That's the truth.
David
Well, if he's the best, then how come he needs me?
Jack
Listen, I don't need you, pal, but I ain't got a cute little brother like Les
here to front for me. You know, with this kid's puss and my God-given
talent, we could move 1 000 papes a week, So what do you say, Les? You
want to sell papes with me?
Les
- Yeah.
Jack
- So it's a deal?
David
Wait, wait. Hold it. It's got to be at least 50-50.
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Jack
- 60-40 or I forget the whole thing.
Boys
- That's fair.
- It's a golden opportunity.- That's fair. It's a golden opportunity here.
Jack
What do you say?
Jack
- What's the matter?
David
- That's disgusting.
@ out of store
Jack
The name of the game is volume, Dave, You only took 20 papes, Why?
David
- Bad headline.
Jack
- That's the first thing you gotta learn.Headlines don't sell papes, Newsies
sell papes, You know, we are what holds this town together, Without
newsies, nobody knows nothin'.
Boys
That's right,Hey, fellas, look at that, hey!
Baby born with three heads!
Chapter3
@Company President room
Pulitzer
''Trolley strike drags on for third week,''
And this so-called head line drags on for infinity.
Seitz
The news is slow, Mr, Pulitzer, The trolley strike's All we got.
Pulitzer
Well, that's All Mr, William Randolph Hearst has too,but Iook how he
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covers the strike,Look! Look! Look!
Seitz
We'll get a new headllne writer, sir.
Pulitzer
We’ll steal Hearst's man. Offer him double.
Seitz
That's how he stole him from us, It's not the headlines, Chief.
These circulation wars are cutting into our profits
because you spend as much as you make trying to beat Hearst.
Pulitzer
Then we need more profits. You do not penny-pinch when you're in a war,
Seitz.
Victory means everything. When I created the World …
What is that deafening noise?
Jonathan
Just the newsies, sir. I'll go and have them quieted.
Pulitzer
Never mind the newsies, Where was I?
Seitz
Creating the World, Chief.
There's lots of money down there in those streets, gentlemen, I want to
know how I can get more of it……by tonight.
Chapter4
@City
David
Extra! Extra! Trolley strike drags on.
Jack
Extra! Extra! Elis Island in flames! Big conflagration!
David
Hey, what? Wait, where's that story?
Jack
Thank you, sir, Page nine. Thousands flee in panic!
Thank you. Much obliged to you, ladies.
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David
''Crash fire next to immigration building terrified sea gulls,''
Jack
Terrified flight from inferno! Thousands of lives at stake!
Thank you.
Buyer
- Up here! Up here!Jack
Thank you, at the top!
Extra! Extra! Thank you, sir.
Extra! Extra!
Hey, did you sell in the backlike I told ya?
OK, show me again.
Les
Buy me last pape, mister?
Jack
It's heart breaking, Go get 'em.
David
Our father taught us not to lie.
Jack
Yeah, Well mine taught me not to starve, so we both got an education.
David
You're just making up things.
All these headlines…
Jack
I don't do nothin'the guys who write it don't do.
Anyway, it ain't lying, it's just improving the truth All little.
<Jack is found>
Les
Guy gave me a quarter.
Quick, give me some more of those papers.
David
Wait, Hold on, You smell like beer.
Les
Well, that's how I made the quarter, The guy bet me I wouldn't drink some.
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Jack
No drinking on the job, it's bad for business, And what if somebody called
a cop on you?
David
Is he a friend of yours?
Jack
Beat it, It's the bulls!
Les
All this for one sip of beer?
Jack
Come on, Les, come on! Hurry up, come on! Come on, hurry up!
Hurry up! Up this way! All right, I got you. I got you! Come on, let's go!
Sleeper! OK, Jump! Hurry up, hurry up!
He's right behind us! He's right behind us!
Move! Whoa!
Come here! Sit down.
Snyder
Sullivan! Wait till I get you back to the Refuge!
Chapter5
David
I'm not running any further. - I want some answers.- Shut up.
Who is he, and why was he chasing you?
And what is this Refuge?
Jack
The Refuge is a jail for kids, The guy chasing me is Snyder, He's the
warden.
Les
- you were in jail?
Jack
- Yeah.
Les
- Why?
Jack
- I was starving, so I stole some food.
David
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- Right, food.
Jack
- Yeah, food.
David
He called you Sullivan.
Jack
Yeah, Well, my name's Kelly, Jack Kelly, You think I'm lying?
David
Well, you have a way of improving the truth.
Jack
Yeah?
David
- Why was he chasing you?
Jack
- Because I escaped.
Les
Oh, boy! How?
Jack
Well, this big shot gave me a ride out in his carriage.
David
I bet it was the mayor, right?
Jack
No, Teddy Roosevelt, You ever heard of him?
Medda (Miss Medda Larkson)
What is going on there?
Out! Out! Out! Out!
Jack
You wouldn't kick me out without a kiss goodbye, would you, Medda?
Medda
Ah, Kelly, Where you been, kid? Oh, I miss seeing you up in the balcony.
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Jack
Hanging on your every word. - So, Medda,,.
Medda
- Yes.
Jack
- This is David and Les.
Medda
- Hello.
Jack
And this is the greatest star of the vaudeville stage today.
medda
Nah!
Jack
Miss Medda Larkson, the Swedish meadow lark.
Medda
- Velkommen, gentlemen.
Jack
- Medda aIso owns the joint.
Medda
What have we here?Oh, aren't you the cutest little fella that ever was.
Oh, yes, you are. …<cough>.
Are you All right?
Les
Buy me last pape, lady?
Medda
Oh, you are good. Oh, yeah! Oh, this kid is really good.
professional to another, I'd say you got a great future.
Speaking as one
Jack
So is it All right if we stay here a while, Medda?
Just till a little problem outside goes away.
Medda
Oh, sure, sure, Stay as long as you like, Toby, ah, just give my guests
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whatever they want, - Hey, Toby.
Toby
Okay, lads, whatever you like here. Gum drops. Gum drops. Licorice
whips.
Narration
Miss Medda Larkson!
Meda
My lovey-dovey baby
I boo-hoo-hoo for you
Then you said toodley-doo
Each nighty-night till three
And coochie-coo with me
I used to be your tootsie-wootsie
I miss the hanky-panky
Come back, my lovey-dovey baby
Jack
- So you liked that?- Oh, I loved that, I loved it.
David
It was great. She is beautiful. How do you know her?
Jack
- She's a friend of my father's. - Oh, Come on. Les, you wanna shine my
shoes for me?
David
Ah, it's gettin' late, My parents are gonna be worried. What about yours?
Jack
They're out west looking for a place to live……like this. See, that's Santa
Fe, New Mexico, Soon as they find the right ranch, they're gonna send for
me.
Les
- Well, then, you'll be a real cowboy.
Jack
- Yup.
David
Jack, why don't we go back to my place and divvy up? You can meet my
folks.
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Jack
It's the trolley strike. These couple of dumb-asses must not have joined, or
something.
David
Jack, let's get out of here.
Jack
Maybe we'll get a good headline tomorrow, Dave. Good thing he slept All
the way through it.
Chapter6
@David’s house
David’s mother(Esther Jacobs)
- my God! What happened?- Nothing, Mama, He's just sleeping.
David’s father (Mayer Jacobs)
We've been waiting dinner for you. Where have you been?
You made all of this selling newspapers?
David
Well, half of it's Jack's, This is our selling partner, uh…and our friend…
- Jack Kelly, my parents.
David’s father
- Hello.
David
That's my sister, Sarah.
David’s father
Esther, maybe David's partner would like to join us for dinner, huh?
Why don't you add a little more water to the soup?
David’s mother
Mayer.
Jack
So I gotta say, that from what I saw today, your boys are a couple of born
newsies.
- Can I have a little more?
Sarah (David’s sister)
- Yes.
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Jack
So with my experience and their hard work, I figure we can peddle a
thousand a week and not even break a sweat.
David’s father
- That many?
Jack
- More, when the head lines are good.
Sarah
So what makes a headline good?
Jack
Well, you know, um,,, Catchy words like, uh…''maniac'' or ''corpse'' or,
um...
…let's see, ''love nest'' or ''nude''. Excuse me. Maybe I'm talking too
much.
David’s father
Sarah… go get the cake your mother' s hiding in the cabinet.
David’s mother
- That's for your birthday tomorrow.
David’s father
- Well, I've had enough birthdays.- this is a celebration, huh?
David
- I'll get the knife.
Sarah
- I got the plates.
David
- It's only the beginning, Papa. The longer I work, the more money I'll
make.
David’s father
You only work until I go back to the factory, and then you are going back
to school, like you promised.
Sarah
Happy birthday, Papa.
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David’s father
Thank you.
David
Here's your knife.
David’s father
This is going to heal, and they'll give me back my job,
I'll make them.
David’s mother
Our visitor, Here, a piece for David.
Jack
Thanks.
Les
Come back my lovey-dovey baby And coochie-coo with me
David’s mother
And what is this, David? Hm?
Jack
So, how did your pop get hurt?
David
The factory. It was an accident.
He's no good to them anymore, so they just fired him.
to protect him.
David’s father
David, it's time to come in now.
David
- All right.
Jack
- Good night.
David
Jack,,, why don't you stay here tonight?
Jack
Ah, no, thanks, I got my own place.
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He 's got no union
But your family is real nice, Dave, like mine.
David
- See you tomorrow, - All right.
Jack
- Carrying the banner.
David
- Carrying the banner.
---------------beginning of musical part3 ---------------So that's what they call a family Mother, daughter, father, son
Guess that everything you
heard about is true
So you ain't got any family,
Well, who says you needed one?
Ain't you glad nobody's waiting up for you
When I dream on my own I'm alone, but I ain't lonely
For a dreamer night's the only time of day
When the city's finally sleeping
And my thoughts begin to stray
And I'm on the train that's bound for Santa Fe
And I'm free like the wind like I'm gonna live forever
It's a feeling time can never take away
All I need's a few more dollars And I'm outta here to stay
dreams come true
Yes, they do in Santa Fe
Where does it say you gotta live and die here?
Where does it saya guy cant catch a break?
Why should you only take what you're given?
Why spend your whole life living
Trapped where there ain't no future
Even at 17?
Breaking your back for someone else's sake
If the light don' t seem to suit you
how about a change of scene?
Far from the lousy head line sand the deadlines in between
Hey, wait up! Come on back here! Hey, that's my horse!
Santa Fe Are you there? Do you swear you wont forget me?
If I found you would you let me come and stay? I ain't getting any
younger and before my dying day
I want space Not just air let them laugh in my face, I don't care Save a
place I'll be there
So that's what they call a family ain't you glad you ain't that way?
Ain't you glad you got a dream called Santa Fe?
-----------------------end of musical part3------------------------Jack
- Hey, Race.
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Racetrack
- Hey, Jack.
Jack
How was your day at the track?
Racetrack
- Remember The hot tip I told you about?
Jack
- Yeah.
Racetrack
Nobody told the horse.
Chapter7
@the secretary room
Pulitzer
Well, I know we need to make more money, that's why we're here.
to find out how to make more money!
Jonathan
I have several proposals, First…to increase the paper's price.
Pulitzer
Oh, then Hearst undersells me and I'm in the poor house.
Brilliant, Jonathan, Brilliant, Brilliant.
Jonathan
Not the customer price, The price to the distribution apparatus.
Seitz
Charge the newsies more for their papers? - Bad idea, Chief.
Jonathan
- Very Well My next proposal…salary cuts. Particularly those at the top.
Seitz
- Very bad idea, Chief.
Pulitzer
- Wait, wait, wait, Now, what do the newsies pay now, 50 cents per 100
papers?
If you raised it to what…?Ah,,,- 60 cents?22
Jonathan
A mere tenth of a cent per paper,
Pulitzer
Multiplied by 40,000 papers a day… Seven days a week…
Jonathan
It definitely adds up, sir.
Seitz
If you do this, every newsie we've got will head straight for Hearst.
Pulitzer
You don't know Hearst like I do, Seitz. As newspapermen, he and I would
cut each other's throatsto get an advantage, but as gentlemen and as
businessmen, we often see eye to eye on certain things.
Now, if we do it. Hearst and if we do it, then the other papers will do it.
Seitz
It's gonna be awfully rough on those children.
Pulitzer
Nonsense, Nonsense. It'll be good for them. Incentive, make'em work
harder. sell more papers. They'll look on it,,, They'll look on it… as a
challenge. A challenge.
Chapter8
@street
Jack
- What are The looks On your face for?
Kid
- They jacked up the price. Did you hear that, Jack? Ten cents a hundred!
It's bad enough that we gotta eat what we don't sell!
Now they jacked up the price! Can you believe that?!
Skittery
This will bust me, I'm barely making a living right now.
Boots
I'll be back, sleeping on the streets.
Mush
It don't make no sense, I mean, All the money Pulitzer's making.
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- Why would he gouge us?
Racetrack
- 'Cause he's a tightwad, that's why?
Jack
Come on, pipe down, It's just a gag.
- So why the jack-up, Weasel?
Weisel
- Why not? It's a nice day, Why don't you ask Mr. Pulitzer?
Kid
- They can't do this to me, Jack.
Racetrack
- They can do whatever they want.
It's their stink in' paper.
Boots
It ain't fair, We got no rights at All.
Racetrack
Come on, it's a rigged deck, They got All the marbles, OK?
Mush
Jack, we got no choice, so let's get our lousy papes while they still got
some, eh?
Jack
- No, nobody's going anywhere!- They can't get away with this!
Les
Clear out! Clear out! Give him some room, Give him some room! Let him
think.
Racetrack
- Jack, you done thinking yet?
Weisel
- Hey, hey, hey!
World employees only on this side of the gate!
Boys
Put a lid on it.
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Jack
Well, listen, one thing for sure, if we don't sell papes, then nobody sells
papes.
Nobody comes through those gates till they put the price back where it
was.
David
- What do you mean, like a strike?
Jack
- Yeah, Llke a strike.
Boys
Oh, Jack! Come on!
Racetrack
- What are you, out of your mind?
Jack
- It's a good idea!
David
Jack, I was just joking. We can't strike, we don't have a union.
Jack
Yeah, but if we go on strike, then we are a union, right? No, we're just a
bunch of angry kids with no money. Maybe if we got every newsie in New
York, but…
Jack
Yeah, Well, we organize.
Crutchy
- Crutchy, you take up a collection,- Swell!
Jack
We'll get All the newsies in New York together.
David
Jack this isn't a joke. You saw what happened to those trolley workers.
Jack
Yeah, Well that's another good idea, Any newsie don't join with us, then
we bust their heads like the trolley workers.
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David
- Just stop and think about this, Jack.
Jack
- What?
David
You can't just rush everybody into this.
Jack
All right, Let me think about it. Listen, Dave's right, I mean, Pulitzer and
Hearst and All them other rich fellas… I mean, they own this city, So, do
we really think a bunch of street rats like us make any difference? I mean,
the choice has gotta be yours. Are we just gonna take what they give us,or
are we gonna strike?
Les
- Strike!
Boys
- Let's do it!
Boots
Keep talking, Jack ,Tell us what to do.
Boys
Yeah, tell us what to do.
Jack
Well, you tell us what to do, Dave.
Boys
- Tell them we stick together,- We gotta stick together.
David
Pulitzer and Hearst have to respect our rights.
Jack
All right.
Jack
Hey, Listen! Pulitzer and Hearst have to respect the rights of the working
boys of New York! That's right! That went pretty good. So, what else?
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David
Tell 'em,,, that they can't treat us like we don't exist.
Jack
Pulitzer and Hearst, hey think we're nothing,- are we nothing?
Boys
- No!
David
If we stick together lie the trolley workers then they can't break us up.
Chapter9
--------------------Beginning of musical part 4--------------------Jack
Pulitzer and Hearst they think they got us - do They got us?
Boys
- No!
David
We're a union now, The news boys' union, We have to start acting like a
union.
Jack
Even though we ain't got hats or badges We're a union just by saying so
And the World will know
Boots
What 's stopping someone else from selling our papes?
Jack
We'll talk with them.
Racetrack
- Some of 'em don't hear so good.
Jack
- Well, then We’ll soak 'em!
David
No, we can't beat up people in the street,
A boy
Can't get any worse!
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It'll give us a bad name.
Jack
What's it gonna take to stop the wagons? - are we ready?
Boys
- Yeah!
David
No!
Jack
What's it gonna take to stop the scabbers? - Can we do it?
Boys
-Yeah!
Jack
We'll do what we got to do Until we break the will of mighty Will and Joe
Boys
And the World will know
And The Journal, too.
Mr. Hearst and Pulitzer have
we got news for you.
Now the World will hear
what we've got to say
We've been hawking headlines
but we're making 'em today
And our ranks will grow
And we'll kick their rear
And the World will know
That we've been here
Who does Pulitzer think he is, anyway! Nobody's gonna mess with the
newsies.
Jack
When the circulation bell starts ringing- Will We hear It?
Boys
- No!
Jack
What if the Delanceys come out swinging - will We hear It?
Boys
- No!
Boys
When you got a hundred voices singing Who can hear a lousy whistle
blow ?
And the World will know
That this ain't no game
That we gotta ton of rotten fruitand perfect aim
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So they gave their word
But it ain't worth beans
Now they're gonna see
what stop the presses really means
And the day has come
And time time is now
- and The fear is gone
-and their name is mud
- and The strike is On
- And I can't stand blood
Jack
Pulitzer may own the
World but he don't own us
Boys
Pulitzer may own the
World but he don't own us
Jack
Pulitzer may crack the
whip but he won't whip us
Boys
Pulitzer may crack the whip but he won't whip us
And the World will know
And the World will learn
And the World will wonder how we made the tables turn
And the World will see
that we had to choose
That the things we do today will be tomorrow 's news
And the old will fall
And the young stand tall
And the time is now
And the winds will blow
And the ranks will grow and
grow and grow and grow
And so the World will feel the fire and finally know
Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!.....
------------------end of musical part 4--------------------Chapter10
Jack
We gotta get word out to All the newsies in New York.
I need some of those,,, Uh, what did ya call 'em?
David
Um,,, ambassadors?
Jack
Yeah, right, You guys, you got to be ambassadors
and go tell the others that we're on strike.
Kid
- Say, Jack, I'll take Harlem.
Racetrack
- Yeah, I got Midtown.
Mush
- I got the Bowery, Jack.
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Crutchy
- Hey, I'll take the Bronx, Come on.
Jack
All right, Bumlets and Specs and Skittery, you take Queens.
Bumlets and Specs and Skittery
All right.
Jack
And, uh, Pie Eater and Snoddy, East Side.
Snipe shooter, you go with them, Uh, so, what about Brooklyn?
Who wants Brooklyn? Come on, Spot Conlon's territory.
Jack
What's the matter, you scared of Brooklyn?
Boots
Hey, we ain't scared of Brooklyn.
but Spot Conlon makes us a little nervous.
Jack
Well, he don't make me nervous.
So you and me, Boots, We’ll go to Brooklyn.
Boots
- All right,
Jack
- And Dave can keep us company, Right, Dave?
David
Sure, just as soon as you take our demands to Pulitzer.
Jack
- Me? to Pulitzer?
David
- You're the leader, Jack.
A boy
Go tell him, Jack! We're behind ya!
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Jack
Well, maybe the kid will soften him up a little.
Boys
Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!...
Bryan (Bryan Denton)
Hey, what is this strike? What's going on?
David
Um, we're bringing our demands to Pulitzer.
Bryan
- What demands?
David
- The newsies' demands.
- We're on strike.
Bryan
- Huh. I'm with The New York Sun , I'm Bryan Denton.
You seem like the kid in charge, What's your name?
David
- David.
Bryan
- David, David as in ''David and Goliath'' ?
You really think old man Pulitzer's gonna listen to your demands?
David
He has to.
A Staff
- Out, hooligan!
Jack
- So's your old lady! You tell Pulitzer he needs an appointment with me!
Les
Yeah!
Jack
So this real snooty mug says to me, ''You can't see Mr.Pulitzer, No one
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sees Mr.Pulitzer,''
Real hoity-toity. You know the type?
Les
Real hoity-toity.
Jack
So that's when I says to him, ''Listen, I ain't in the habit of transacting no
business with office boys, Just tell him Jack Kelly's here to see him now,''
Les
- That's when he threw us out.
David
- Ha-ha!
Bryan
Does it scare you? You're going up against the most powerful man in New
York City.
Jack
Oh, yeah, look at me, I'm trembling.
Bryan
All right, keep me informed. I wanna know everything that's going on, All
right?
David
- Are We really an important story?
Bryan
- Well, what's important? Last year I covered the war in Cuba.
Charged up San Juan Hill with Colonel Teddy Roosevelt.That was a very
important story,
So… is the newsies' strike important? It All depends on you.
Jack
So my name's re Ally gonna be in the papers?
Bryan
- Any objections?
Jack
- Not as long as you get it right, Kelly, Jack Kelly. And Denton? - No
pictures.
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Bryan
- Sure.
Chapter11
@Way to Brooklyn
David
- I've never been to Brooklyn, have you?
A boy
- I spent a month there one night.
Jack
Watch this.
Boys
Aah!
Jack
So is this,,, is this Spot Conlon really dangerous?
A boy
Going somewhere, Kelly?
Conlon(Spot Conlon)
Well, if it ain't Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.
Jack
So, you've moved up in the world, Spot,You got a river view and
everything.
Conlon
Hey, Boots, how's it rolling?
A boy
Hey, I got a couple of real good shooters here.
Conlon
So, uh, Jackie Boy, I've been hearing things from Little birds.
Jack
Oh, yeah?
Conlon
Things from Harlem, Queens, All over. They're chirpin' in my ear.
Jackie Boy's newsies is playing like they going on strike.
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Jack
Yeah, Well, we are.
David
But we're not playing, We are going on strike.
Conlon
Oh, yeah? Yeah? What is this, Jack? You brought some kind of walking
mouth?
Jack
Yeah, it's a mouth, but a mouth with a brain and if you got half of one,
you'll Listen to what he's gotta say, Go on, tell him.
David
Well, we started the strike, but, uh,,, we can't do it alone, so we've been
talking to other newsies - All around the city.
Conlon
- Yeah, So they told me,
What did they tell you?
David
They're waitin' to see what Spot Conlon does, that you're the key.
That Spot Conlon is the most respected and famous newsie in All of New
York.
and probably everywhere else, And if Spot Conlon joins the strike, then
they'll join and We’ll be unstoppable. So you gotta join us, Because,,, Well,
you gotta.
Conlon
You're right, Jack, Brains, But I got brains, too, And more than just half of
one, How do I know you punks won't run the first time some goon comes
at you with a club? How do I know you got what it takes to win?
Jack
'Cause I'm tell in' ya, Spot.
Conlon
That ain't good enough, Jackie Boy. You gotta show me.
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Chapter12
Boys
- Here, two,- I'll make you a side bet,,.
- Double down, boys!- Double down.
Racetrack
So, uh, where's Spot, huh?
Jack
Oh, he was concerned about us being serious, You imagine that?
Racetrack
Well, you know, Jack, maybe we ought to ease off a little, you know?
Kid
Without Spot and the others, there's not enough of us, Jack, you know?
Mush
Jack, maybe we're moving too soon, Maybe we ain't ready, you know?
Skittery
I definitely think we should forget about it for a little while.
Jack
- Oh, do you?
Racetrack
- Yeah, I mean, we're not Brooklyn.
Jack
Hey, who we kiddin' here?
Spot was right, Is it just a game to you guys?
- Hey, Crutchy.
Crutchy
- Hiya, Jack.
Chapter 13
-------------------Beginning of Musical part 5---------------------David
Open the gates and seize the day Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nothing can break us no one can make us
Give our rights away
Arise and seize the day
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Boys
Now is the time to seize the day
Now is the time to seize the day
Send out the call and join the fray
Send out the call and join the fray
Wrongs will be righted if we're united Let us seize the day
Friends of the friendless seize the day Friends of the friendless seize the
day
Raise up the torch and light the way
Raise up the torch and light the
way
Proud and defiant We’ll slay the giant Let us seize the day
Neighbor to neighbor
Father to son
One for All and All for one
Open the gates and seize the day
Open the gates and seize the day
Don't be afraid and don't delay
Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nthing can break usno one can make us Give our rights away
Neighbor to neighbor
Father to son
One for All and All for one
Yeah!
-------------------End of Musical part 5-------------------------Jack
- Anybody hear that?
Boys
- No!
Jack
- So What We gonna do about It?
Boys
- Soak 'em!
Weisel
Let's go! Let's go!
Come on, buy your papes,Next!
Come on, what's going on here? Move it! Move it! Move it!
Boys
You did good.
Boys
- It's about time, where you been?- We got big one, fellas.
- What have We got here?- is he a newsie or What? Hey, hey, hey, Fellas,
fellas.
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David
Now, Jack, just don't,,.
Staff
I'm gonna crack your dome!
David
Jack! Jack!
Jack
Hey, it's the bulls! Hey, cheese it! Cheese it, it's the bulls!
A boy
Whoa! Crutchy! Scram! Scram!
A staff
- Hey!
Crutchy
- Hiya, fellas, How you doing? Hey, guys, don't,Hey, what ya do in'?
Come on, guys,I didn't hurt nobody.
Chapter14
Jack
So here it is, the Refuge,
My home sweet home.
David
How can you be sure they sent Crutchy here?
Jack
How can I be sure the Delanceys stink?
It's just the way things work, you know?
An orphan gets arrested, Snyder makes sure he gets sent straight here, So
he can rehabilitate him, you know? The more kids in the Refuge, the more
money the city sends to take care of them, the more Snyder sticks in his
pocket, He's here.
David
So how come you brought the rope?
Jack
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All right, All right, gently, Dave, gently.
That's good,That's good!
A boy
- Cowboy, you miss The joint?
Jack
- What do ya Say, Ten-Pin? Listen, you got a new guy in here, Crutchy.
A boy
The gimp?I’ll get him for ya.
Jack
Yeah, the gimp,
A boy
Crutchy, Jack,
Jack
Hey, Crutchy.
Crutchy
I don't believe it, - Hey, thanks.
Jack
- Hey, Crutchy.
Crutchy
Hey, what are you hanging around here for, huh?
Jack
What do you mean what am I hanging around here for?
- You know who's up on the roof?
David
- Who?
Jack
- Dave,- is
Crutchy
That Dave? - Heya, Dave, how you doin'?
David
- Shh!
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Jack
Listen, Crutchy, um, go get your stuff,We're gonna get you out of here.
Crutchy
Well, um,,, Actually,,, I ain't walking so good.
Oscar and Morris kind of worked me over Llttle, you know?
Jack
They hurt ya?
Listen, don't worry about it, Me and Dave, we can carry you out of here.
Crutchy
Hey, I don't want nobody carrying me, Never, You hear?
Hey, hey, Davey, you know they still talk about how Jack rode out of here
on that coach.
David
Oh, yeah, Teddy Roosevelt's, right?
Crutchy
You already heard the story.
David
-You mean, it's true?
Crutchy
- Of course, Hey, cheese it!
Ah, Mr. Warden Snyder, sir, You know, I was thinking,,.
I'd just Like you to know, that when you were taking a nap this
afternoon,,.
Chapter15
Seitz
I don't think they're just going to go away, Chief.
Weisel
Mr, Pulitzer, sir, Just give me the means and I'll take care of them for ya.
Politzer
Give him whatever means he requires,I want this nonsense,,.
- done with once and for All.
Seitz
- Chief,,.
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Politzer
Shut your mouth, Seitz!
Chapter16
---------------------Beginning of Musical part 6--------------------Open the gates and seize the day Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nothing can break us
no one can make us
Give our rights away
Arise and seize the day
----------------------End of Musical part 6-----------------------------Racetrack
Come on, you grafters, cross the Line.
David
All right, everyone remain calm.
Jack
Let's soak 'em for Crutchy!
Racetrack
Whoa, Jack! Jack, it's a trick!
Staff
- Hiya, Jackie Boy.
A boy
- Les, get out of here! Go!
Bryan
- Aren't you gonna stop them, sir?
A police
- Just move along, mister!
Conlon
Never fear, Brooklyn is here.
Boys
- It's Brooklyn!- Brooklyn!
Racetrack
Hey, I give up, All right? All right, I give up.
Jack
Hey, Spot!
A boy
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Hiya, Weasel!
David
Are you All right?
Bryan
Jack, boys, freeze! Freeze!
Jack
All right, guys.
Chapter17
Bryan
Hey, fellas, This is it! Look at this news, Hey, hey, hey, big time.
Boys
What you got there, Jack?
Hey, where's me picture? Where's me picture?
Hey, All them words there, they All about us?
Hey, look at you, Jack, You look Like a general or somethin'.
Will you get your fingers off my face?
Where does it say my name? Where's my name?
Jack
Quit thinking about yourself.
David
Well, you got us on the front page.
Bryan
You got yourselves on the front page, I just gotta make sure you stay
there.
A boy
So what? You get your picture in the pape, what's that get ya, huh?
A boy
- What are you talkin' about, huh?- Shut up, Skittery!
Jack
- You been in a bad mood All day!
A boy
- I'm not in a bad mood.
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Racetrack
Glum and dumb, What's the matter with you?
You're in the papes, you're famous.
If you're famous, you get anything you want.
and that's what so great about New York!
Chapter18
--------------Beginning of Musical part7 --------------------Mush
A pair of new shoes with matching laces
Racetrack
A permanent box at Sheeps head races
Jack
A porcelain tub with boiling water
Kid
A Saturday night withthe mayor's daughter
Racetrack
Look at me I'm the king of New York
Suddenly I'm respectable starin' right at 'cha, lousy with stature
Jack
Nobbin' with All the muckety mucks I'm blowing my dough and going
deluxe
Racetrack
And there I be Ain't I pretty?
Boys
It's my city I'm the king of New York
A boy
A corduroy suit with fitted knickers
Les
A mezzanine seat to see the flickers
A boy
Havana cigars that cost a quarter
David
An editor's desk for the star reporter
Boys
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Tip your hat he's the king of New York
Bryan
How about that? I'm the king of New York
Boys
In nothing flathe'll be covering
Brooklyn to Trentonour man Denton
Kid
Making a headline out of a hunch
Bryan and Racetrack
- Protecting The weak- and paying for lunch
When I'm at bat strong men crumble
Proud yet humblehe's the king of
New York
Boys
I gotta be either dead or dreamin' 'Cause look at that pape with my face
beamin'
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was a star for one whole
minute
Startin' nowI'm the king of New York
Bryan
Ain't you heard? I'm the king of New York
Boys
Holy cow !It's a miracle
Pulitzer's cryin',Weasel he's dyin'
Flash pots are shooting bright as the sun I'm one highfalutin' son of a gun
Don't ask me howFortune found me Fate just crowned meNow I'm king of
New York
Look and see once a piker, now a striker
I'm the king of New York Victory!
Front page story guts and glory
I'm the king of New York!
-------------------------End of Musical part 7-------------------------David
So let's have some ideas, Well, we gotta show people where we stand.
Jack
Yes, we gotta stay in the papes.
Bryan
My paper's the only one printing any strike news, so far.
Jack
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So we should do something that's so big,,.
the other papers are gonna feel stupid if they try and ignore us.
Like a really, A newsie really with All kids from All over New York.
We’ll make it the biggest, loudest, noisiest blowout this town's ever seen.
David
- It'll send a message to the big boys.
Racetrack
- Yeah, I'll give them a message.
Jack
Yeah, there's a lot of us and we ain't going away.
We’ll fight until damn dooms day if it means we get a fair shake.
A boy
I'll fight to that.
David
Hey, you guys, To our man Denton.
Bryan
- Oh, come on!
Boys
- To our man Denton!
Chapter19
Crutchy
Heya, Mr, Snyder! How was your supper?
Hey, that's Jack!
-He looks just like his self.
Snyder
-You know this boy?
Crutchy
No, Nah.
Snyder
You have a famous friend, this Jack.
Do you know where he lives?
Crutchy
I never heard of him, Honest.
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It's this brain of mine, it's always makin' mistakes,It's got a mind of its
own.
Can I get you anything else, Mr.Snyder? Goodbye, Mr.Snyder.
A boy
So, did I spell it right, Kloppman?
Kloppman
- Very good, That's very good,- Strike.
Excuse me, Can I help you?
Snyder
You have a boy who calls himself Jack Kelly?
- I wish to see him.
Kloppman
- Jack Kelly? Jack Kel,,,? Never heard of him, Never heard of him.
Any of you boys ever heard of Jack Kelly?
A boy
That's an unusual name for these parts.
Racetrack
Oh, you mean Jack Kelly, Yeah, he was here, but he put an egg in his shoe
and beat it.
Snyder
I have reason to believe that he is an escaped prisoner, possibly dangerous.
Kloppman
Oh! Is he dangerous? Oh, then, I had better look in my files.
Come, this way, please.
A boy
Give to the newsie strike fund, mister? Huh?
Chapter20
Sarah
Did you sleep out there All night?
Jack
Yeah.
Sarah
Why didn't you wake us up?
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Jack
Well, I didn't want to disturb nobody.
Anyway, it's like the Waldorf out here. Great view and cool air.
Sarah
Go up on the roof, - are you hungry?
Jack
- Yeah.
Sarah
Good, because I made you breakfast.
Papa is so proud of you and David.
You should hear him talking about Jack Kelly.
the strike leader who occasion Ally takes his meals with us.
Jack
Well, this is one strike leader who's gonna be very happy when it's All
over.
I can get outta here and go to Santa Fe.
I mean, there's nothin' for me to stay for, is there?
You know, you should see Santa Fe, Everything's different there.
It's All bigger, You know, the desert,,, and the sky and the sun.
Sarah
It's the same sun as here.
Jack
Yeah, it just looks different.
Sarah
I should,,, get ready for work.
Jack
Sarah,,, I'm just not used to having whether I stay or whether go matter to
anybody.
Hey, I'm not saying it should matter to you.
I'm just saying,,, Um,,, Does it,,, matter?
Chapter21
@president room of the company
Meyer (Mush Meyers)
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Of course, the city is very concerned that this event doesn't get out of hand,
But, Chief,,.
Chief of Police station
We can't just charge in and break it up, Mr. Pulitzer,- We've got no Iegal
cause.
Mayer
- Legal cause.
Pulitzer
Would the fact that this really is organized by an escaped criminal be
cause enough, Mayor?
Mayor
-Escaped criminal?
Pulitzer
-Mm-hm. A fugitive…
from one of your prisons, Mayor, A convicted thief
who's been living at large under the All as of Jack Kelly.
- What's his real name?
Snyder
- Sullivan, Frances Sullivan, Your Honor, I would have caught him before
now, but,,,.
Pulitzer
You know Warden Snyder, don't you, Mayor?
I believe you know him because you appointed him.
Mayer
Yes, Well, if the boy is a fugitive, then the Chief can quietly arrest him.
Pulitzer
No, no, no, no, no, Not quietly, Not quietly, I want an example made, I
want this rabble he's roused to see what happens to those who would dare
to lead! They should see justice in actions.
Mayer
- Arrest him at the rally.
Pulitzer
- Oh, by he way, Mayor, I'm having a few friends for cards tonight,
Newspaper friends Willie Hearst, and Gordon Bennett, Perhaps you'll join
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us,,, talk about the coming election.
Mayer
I'd be honored.
Chapter22
@Card game place
Pulitzer
You know the boys, Mayor, This is Mr. Bennett of the Tribune.
- Mr. Taylor of The Times,- Nice to see you.
- Of course, you know Mr. Hearst,- Of, course.
This is a new member of our little group, Mr. Gammon.
- He just came back from Europe,- Welcome home.
Mr. Gammon owns the, uh,,, what? The New York Sun.
Chapter23
@Theater
Jack
So, we've come a long way,but we ain't dead yet and maybe it's only
gonna get tougher from now on, But that's fine, We’ll just gettougher
with it, But also,,,, also, we gotta get smartand start listening to my pal,
David,,, who says, ''Stop soaking the scabs,''
Racetrack
Well, what are we supposed to do tothe bums, kiss 'em?
Conlon
Hey, look, any scab I see,I soak 'em, Period.
David
No! No, no, that's what they want us to do, If we get violent, it's just
playing into their hands.
Conlon
Hey, look, they're gonna be playing with my hands, All right? It isn't what
they say, it's what we say, And nobody ain't gonna listen to us unless we
make 'em.
Jack
We got no brains! Well, we're startin' to fight each other, it's just what the
big shots wanna see, That we're street trash street rats with no brains, no
respect for nothin', including ourselves, So here's how it is, if we don't act
together, then we're nothin', If we don't stick together, we're nothin', And if
we can't even trust each other, then we're nothin',- Tell 'em, Jack!- So,
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what's it gonna be? Listen to Jack, We're with you, Jack.
So what do you say, Spot?
Conlon
I say that what you say,,, is what I say.
Boys
- Hey! Yeah!- All right!
------------Beginning of musical part 8-----------------High time shard times
Sometimes the living is sweet
And sometimes there's nothing to eat
But I always land on my feet
So when there's dry times
I wait for high times and then
I put on my best and I stick out my chest And I'm off to the races again
Boys
Whoo! Medda!
Medda!
Medda
Hello, newsies! What's new?
Medda
So your old lady
don't love you no more
So you're afraid
there's a wolf at your door
So you got street rats hat scream in your ear
Boys
geous!- Pinch me, I'm dreamin'!
You win some you lose some, my dear
Everyone
Oh, high time shard times
Sometimes the living is sweet
And sometimes there's nothing to eat
But I always land on my feet
So when there's dry times
I wait for high times and then
I put on my bestand I stick out my chest And I'm off to the races again
I put on my best
I put on my best
Yes, and I stick out my chest
And I stick out my chest
- And I'm off- And I'm off
- And I'm off- And I'm off
And I'm off to the races again
-------------------End of Musical part 8----------------------Bryan
Excuse me, aren't you Warden Snyder? Bryan Denton, of The Sun.How do
you do, sir?
I've heard about your wonderful I work with the children, and I wondered
if I might get an interview with you?
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David
- Jack!
Jack
- Hey, David.
David
-Jack, it’s Snyder.
Jack
-What?
David
It's Snyder! Right there.
Bryan
Let me get that correct, That's Snider, as in ''snide''? Smlle, sir.
Jack
Medda, thanks, I gotta run.
Hurry.
Meda
No!No, no, no, no, stay with me! No! No!Stop that! Stop!
He's just a child! Can't you see that?!
Why don't you pick on someone your own size? Racetrack!
Jack
Get out of here!Now!
A police
All right, come here, Sullivan! I got you!
David
Go up there, All right, no, go here, Come on.
David
Push me.
David
Get out of here! Go!
Polices
- Stop, you boys, where you are!- Come back here! The show's over,
Cowboy.
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Kid
Jack! You All right?Come on!
A boy
Beat it!
A police
You, lad, stop right there!
Chapter24
@court
Bailiff
All rise! All rise! Court is now in session, Judge E,A, Monahan presiding.
Judge
Are any of you represented by counsel?
Boys
- What's a counsel?
Judge
- No, Good, Good, That'll move things along considerably.
Conlon
Hey, Your Honor, I object,
Judge
On what grounds?
Conlon
On the grounds of Brooklyn, Your Honor.
Judge
I fine each of you five dollars or two weeks confinement inthe House of
Refuge.
Racetrack
Oh, hey,Hey, we ain't got five bucks, We don't even got five cents.
Hey, Your Honor, how about I roll you for it? Double or nothin'.
Judge
All right, move along,Move along.
Bryan
Your Honor, I'll pay the fines, All of 'em, - Come on.
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David
- Hey, fellas, you All right? - Where's Jack?
Bryan
- Look, we gotta meet at the restaurant,Everybody,We have to talk.
Judge
Pay the clerk! Move it along.
Jack
- Hey, fellas!
Conlon
- Hey, Cowboy! Nice shiner.
Judge
Pay the clerk, move it along!
Jack
Hey, Denton, I guess we made all the papes this time.
So how'd my picture look?
Bryan
None of the papers covered the rally, Not even The Sun .
Bailiff
Case of Jack Kelly,''Inciting to riot, assault, resisting arrest
Snyder
Judge Monahan,I'll speak for this young man.
Jack
You two know each other, Ain't that nice.
Judge
Ah, just move it along, Warden Snyder.
Snyder
This boy's real name is Frances Sullivan, His mother's deceased, his
father's a convict in the state penitentiary, He's an escapee from the House
of Refuge, where his original sentence for three months was extended to
six months for disruptive behavior,,.
Jack
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And I demand we eat the food you steal from us.
Snyder
followed by an additional six months for attempted escape.
Jack
Attempted? Last time wasn't an attempted escape,Remember, Snyder?
You remember meand Teddy RooseveIt in a carriage? You remember
Roosevelt in a carriage?
Snyder
Therefore, I ask that he be returnedto the House of Refuge,,.
Jack
Put away for my own good,Right? Move along? For my own goodand for
what he kicks back to ya.
Snyder
,,,and that the court order his incarceration until the age of 21 .
in the hope that we may yet guide him to a useful and productive life.
Judge
- So ordered.
A boy
- No!
Judge
Next!
Chapter25
@restaurant
Boys
Hey, Mr, Denton!
Shh!
Bryan
My pleasure.
David
Why didn't The Sun print the story?
Bryan
Because it never happened.
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Boys
What do you mean it never happened? You were there!
Bryan
Hey, if it's not in the papers, it never happened, The owners decreed that it
not bein the papers, therefore,,.
Anyway, I came to tell you fellas goodbye, - I, uh,,.
David
- What happened?- Did you Get fired or something?Bryan
No, I got reassigned, Back to my old job as The Sun'sace war
correspondent, They want me to leave right away, The owner thinks that I
should only coverthe really important stories, so,,, Well, wish me luck,
fellas, At least half of what I wish for you, they don't always fire you,
David, I would be black balled from every paper in the country,Hey,,.
I'm a newspaper man,I have to have a paper to write for, This is the story I
wrote aboutthe rally and,,, I want you to read it, at least, Take care,
Bill? No, no,This should cover it.
Bill
Thanks.
David
We get Jack out of the Refuge tonight, And from now on, we trust no one
but the newsies.
Boys
- Yeah!- Nobody!
Chapter26
@front of refuge
Driver
Move along, boy.
David
That's where we saw Crutchy.
Les
It's Jack, - It's Jack!
David
- Shh.
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Mush
- Where they takin' him, Dave?
David
- There's one way to find out, I'll meet you guys at the square.
Racetrack, watch him,
@ Pulitzer’s house
Chapter27
Seitz
Get him inside.
Jack
Oh, Well.
Pulitzer
Sit! Know what I was doing when I was your age, boy? I was in a war,
The Civll War.
Jack
Yeah, I heard of it, So, did you win?
Pulitzer
People think that war's are about right or wrong, they're not, They're about
power.
Jack
Yeah, I heard of that, too, You know I don't just sell your papers, Joe,
sometimes I read 'em.
Pulitzer
Power of the pressis the greatest power of them All, I tell this city how to
think, I tell this city how to vote, I shape its future.
Jack
Yeah, Well, right now I'm just thinking about one future and that's mine.
Pulitzer
Well, so am I, boy, I have the power to see that you stay locked in the
Refuge.
Jack
And I have the power to break out again.
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Pulitzer
Or I can see you released tomorrow free and clear, with more money in
your pockets than your could earn in, what? Three lifetimes.
Jack
-Are you bribing me, Joe?
Pulitzer
-What? No,no,no.
Jack
Well, it's been nice chattin' with you, Joe, - but I gotta be goin' now.
Pulitzer
- Wait, you Listen to me, boy, Now you just shut your mouth and Listen to
me.
You shut up and Listen to me for once! It's no game I'm playing, You work
for me until the strike is over, And it wllI end, boy,make no mistake,
without you, Then you go wherever you want to buy a ticket for, Away
from the Refuge,these foul streets,,, free! With money to spend and
nobody chasing you.
Jack
I must have you scared pretty bad,old man.
Pulitzer
I offer you freedom and money just to work for me again, To your friends,
I won't be so kind, Now your partner, what's his name, David? I
understand he has a family.
What do you think the Refuge will do to him? And it would be you who
put him there,,.
and All the others, After All, you're their leader. Go back to the Refuge
tonight,think about it, Give me your answer in the morning.
David
Jack! Come on! Come on! Run!
Snyder
- After him!- Hurry up!
Seitz
Don't worry, he's got no place to go,
David
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Come on, come on!
Jack
You shouldn't have done this, Dave, They can put you in jail.
David
- I don't care.
Jack
- Come here, What about your famlly? What happensto them if you go in
jail?
You don't know nothin' about jail, Thanks for what you done,but you get
outta here.
David
I don't understand.
Jack
I don't understand either,but just get outta here!
David
- No!
Jack
- Go!
Chapter28
-----------------Beginning of Musical part 9------------------@refuge
Jack
Santa Fe my old friend
I can't spend my whole life hiding
You're the only light that's guiding me today
Crutchy
Psst, Jack! Look, I snitched it off of Snyder's plate when I was serving
him.
It's the biggest one, Oh, Mr. Snyder was eatin' good tonight.
You know the stuff that we don't never get?
He got potatoes, olives, liver and bacon, sauerkraut, ah.
And guess what I done to his sauerkraut, huh?
Jack
- So what's he get you?
Crutchy
- Another three months, probably, But you can't let him beat ya? Right,
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Jack?
That's' what you always said.
Jack
We was beat when we was born.
Will you keep a candle burning?
Will you help me find my way?
You're my chance to break free
And who knows whenmy next one will be?
Santa Fe
Wait for me
-----------------End of Musical part 9-------------------Chapter29
@Street
Boys
- Stop the World!- No more papes!
- Stop the World!- No more papes!
- Stop the World!- No more papes!
- Stop the World!- No more papes!
Where's your brains?! Please help me, I need some help!
All right! I ain't deaf!
Conlon
Hey, hey, hey,Break it up, Break it up.
Hey, hey, Race,- Race come here.
Racetrack
- What?
Conlon
Tell me I'm just seein' things, Just tell me seein' things.
Racetrack
No, you ain't seein' things,that's Jack, What's he doin'?
Mush
- But he's dressed like a scabber,- Jack?
Jack, look at me, will ya?Come on, it's me, Mush.
Look at me!What are ya doin', Jack?
Kid
This ain't happening! This can't be happening, What are you doin', Jack?
A boy
Hey, what is this?Where'd he get them clothes?
Weisel
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Mr, Pulitzer picked them out his self, A special gift, to a special new
employee.
A boy
He sold us out!
Racetrack
Look at him in his new suit, Ya bum! I'll soak ya!
A boy
- Hey, hey, hey! Enough!- Ya fink!
Conlon
Let me get my hands dirty, Come here, ya dirty, rotten scabber!
Weisel
Oh, you want to talk to him? Come on, come on, Sure, Go right ahead.
David
So this is why you didn't escape last night.
Jack
Yeah.
David
You're a liar! You lied about everything. You lied about your father being
outwest, 'cause he's not out west, You didn't even tell me your real name!
Jack
So? What you want to do about it, Dave?
David
- I don't understand you.
Jack
- Oh, so let me spell it out for ya, You see, I ain't got nobody tucking me in
at night,,, Like you, It's just me, I gotta look out for myself, all right?
David
You have the newsies.
Jack
What did being a newsie ever give me,but a dime a day and a few black
eyes.
You know, I can't afford to be a kid no more, Dave, For the first time in
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my life ,I got money in my pockets, Real money, Money, you understand?
I got more on the way and as soon as I collect, I'm gone, I'm away, All
right?
David
Well, that's good! That's good 'cause we don't need you! We don't need
you!
So All those words you said,those were mine.
Jack
Yeah, but you never had the guts to put them across yourself, did ya?
David
I do now.
Jack
What's the matter? You got a problem?
Weisel
Maybe,,, Maybe you'd like a new suit of your own? Huh?
David
- Never! Never!- Get outta here!
A boy
- Look at yourself, huh?- I trusted you!
Racetrack
Seize the day, huh, Jack?
Les
He's foolin' 'em, so he can spy on 'em or somethin'.
Yeah, that's it, he's foolin' em!
Racetrack
Yeah, he's spying on 'em, kid.
Sarah
Les! What is this?
Les
I'm saving it.
Sarah
David, It's Denton's article, ''The dark truth: Why our city reAllyfears the
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newsie strike, by Bryan Denton, ''Last night I saw naked force
exercisedagainst mere boys, newsies, ''who earned them,,.
@underground room
Weisel
One trick, Cowboy, and it'sright back to the Refuge, Please.
Ah,,, are you gonna be requiring anything else this evening? Huh?
No? Ah,,,Tsk, tsk, Well, then, I ought a be saying good night.
Remember, one trick and I go straight to Mr, Pulitzer.
Chapter30
@paper store
Weisel
- 20 papes, next!
A boy
- 20 papes, please.
Weisel
- Ah-ha, next!
A boy
- 30 papes, please.
Weisel
Yes, sir,30 papes, Next!
A boy
- I'll take, uh, 50.
Weasel
- 50 papes, 50 papes!Next!
Sleep well cowboy?
Delancey brother
Come with cowboy?
walk.
We can go put it about davey to them be can’t
Jack
Shut up!
Weisel
Left one finger it’s get batk you to refuge.
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Sarah
- Morning!- Good morning to ya!
Delancey brother
Excuse me, sweetface.
Delancey brother
Where's your little bother, tootsie?Where's lettle Davey?
Les
Leave my sister alone!
Sarah
Stop it! Leave him alone!
You stupid ape.
No!
David
- What's the matter?
Les
- I'm All right, I'm All right, - It's Sarah.
Sarah
- Run, Davey!
Delancey brother
Oh, yeah, run, Davey, We got the best part of your family right here,Come on,- Let go of me!
Sarah
Stop it! Les! Stop it, you're hurting him!No! Leave him alone!
Stop it! Leave him alone!
Jack
Remember Crutchy?
- are you All right?
Sarah
- Yeah.
Jack
Oh, David?
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Delancey brother
You better run, Cowboy, We're gonna tell Uncle Weasel.
You'll be back in the Refuge by supper time, Run, you lousy cow, run!
Les
Go on, get outta here! Don't come back! Do ya hear me?
David
What?You couldn't stay away?
Jack
Well, I guess can't be something I ain't.
David
-A scab?
Jack
-No,smart.
Chapter31
Jack
Did you mean what you wrote here?
About All these sweat shop kids listening to me?
Bryan
I don't write anything I don't mean, Well, come on in, I was just packing a
few things, Hey, Les, So, yes, I meant it, This city thrives on child labor, A
lot of people make money that way, They're terrified that the newsies'
strike will spread.
David
Well, there's really not much chance of that as long as they got the power.
Bryan
Sometimes All it takes is a voice, One voice that becomes a hundred, and
then a thousand,,, unless it's silenced.
Jack
Why can't we spread the strike? Have another big rally and get the word
out to All the sweatshop kids, Why not?
David
What are we gonna do, put an ad in the newspaper?
Jack
No we do better than that, we make our own paper, We tell them they
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gotta join us,isn't that a good idea?
David
Yeah, it is, but what do we know about printing a newspaper?
Jack
Nothing, but our man Denton,,.
David
Yeah, but I think our man Denton has something more important to do, I
mean, he's going to bean ace war correspondent, Right, Denton?
Bryan
All right, Where do we start?
Jack
All right, we gotta move fast, Now, we're gonna need the newsies to
circulate.
Bryan
There's something else we need, We need a printing press.
Jack
It so happens, I know a guywith a printing press.
Chapter32
Sarah
- You've been living here?
Jack
- Shh! They're right above us, Weasel catches us, we're All in a slam.
Bryan
All right! A platen press, Looks like old man Pulitzer never threw
anything away.
Jack
- is it gonna work?
Bryan
- It better, We have a deadline.
Bryan
It's awfully nice of Mr, Pulitzerto let us use his press.
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Jack
So I get to thank him for us some day.
Racetrack
Hey kids you know how to read? Read that.
Sarah
Take this. Read this.
Racetrack
You know how to read? Read that right now.
Boys
Watch newsies!!
Chapter33
Roosevelt
Disgraceful, Denty! Those poor boys.
Bryan
I thought you'd feel this way, Governor.
Roosevelt
And I did nothing,,.
untll now.
Bryan
Good, Very good, sir.
Mush
So when's the others coming, Dave?
Jack
They ain't coming, There ain't gonna be nobody but us.
Boys
- Come on, Jack,- Have hope, Jack.
Chapter34
-------------------Beginning of musical part 10------------------------Les
When the circulation bell starts ringing
- Will We hear it?
Racetrack
- Nah.
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What if the Delanceys come out swingin? - Will We hear it?
Les
- No!
A boy
Attaboy!
Racetrack
Look!
Boys
And the World will know
Conlon
Brooklyn!
And the Worl will feel the fire nd finaly know
---------------------End of musical part 10---------------------Everyone
Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!...
Racetrack
Dear me, what have we here?
Secretary
It's awful, everyone's called, Mr. Hearst and Mr. Bennettand the mayor in
such awful language, It seems there's a stands till, and they blame the
chief, It's like the end of the world, Oh, dear, I didn't say that.
Chapter35
Jack
Extra, extra, Joe, Read All about it.
Pulitzer
I promised that if you defied me that I would break you, I'll keep that
promise, boy.
Now I gave you the chance to be free, I don't understand, Anyone who
doesn't act in his own self-interest,,, is a fooI.
David
And what does that make you?
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Pulitzer
What?
Jack
Ah, this is my pal, David, The waking mouth.
You talk about self-interest, but since the strike, your circulation's been
down 70% .
Every day you're losing thousands of dollars just to beat us out one lousy
tenth of a cent, Why?
Jack
Well, you see, it ain't about the money, Dave, If Joe gives in to nobodies
like us, it means we got the power, And he can't do that, no matter what it
costs, Am I right, Joe?
Pulitzer
I sent for the police,They must be here by now, Send them in, Seitz,Send
them in.
Jack
You know, I'm not going back to jail, Joe, Look out here! Right out here is
right where your power ends!
Pulitzer
Shut the windows! Stop that infernal noise!
- Go home! Go home!
Jack
- I don't hear you, Joe!
Pulitzer
Go home! Go home to your mothers and fathers! Go home!
Now you listen to me!
Jack
Maybe you should listen to me for a change!
Pulitzer
- No you Llsten to me!
Jack
- No, you should listen!
Pulitzer
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Shut the window and shut up!
Jack
There's a lot of people out there, and they ain't just gonna go away.
They got voices now, and they're gonna be listened to.
Putting me in jail is not gonna stop them,That's the power of the press,
Joe.
So thanks for teaching me about it.
Seitz
Those kids put out a pretty good paper there, Chief.
Pulitzer
I ordered a printing ban on All strike matters, Now, who defied it?
Whose press did you use to print this? Whose?! Whose?!
Jack
Well, we only used the best, Joe,
So I just want to say,,,
thanks again.
Conlon
Hey, fellas, they're over here! They're over here!
Jack
We beat 'em!
Les
Jack, Jack, it's the bulls, It's the bulls, let me down.
Bryan
- It's over,- Let him go! No, no, no! You don't have to run.
not any more, Not from the likes of him, Come on,Come on.
Remember what I told you, Mr, Snyder.
Crutchy
The first thing you do in jail,,, make friends with the rats.
Share what you got in common.
- Ah, Officer, may I please?
Police
- Sure, kid.
Bryan
You won't be seeing much of him anymore, - Say goodbye, Warden,Bye-bye!
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Chapter36
Crutchy
Jack, you ought a seen it, He come storming into the Refuge, waving his
walking stick
Like a sword, and he's leading this army of lawyers and cops,,.
Jack
Who comes walking in?
Crutchy
You know, Your friend, Him, Teddy Roosevelt.
Bryan
The governor's very grateful you brought this problem to his attention.
Racetrack
Roosevelt!
Bryan
I said you might need a lift somewhere, he's glad to oblige.
Anywhere you want, And this time you ride inside.
Jack
So, ah, could he drop meat the train yards?
Bryan
Yeah, if that's what you want.
------------------Beginning of musical part 11----------------------Try Bottle Alley or the harbor
Try Central Parkit's guaranteed
Try any banker, bum, or barber
They almost All knows how to read
- Summer stinks- And winter's waiting Welcome to New York
Boy, ain't nature fascinating When youse gotta walk
---------------------End of musical part 11-----------------------David
A hundred papes,
Mush
Attaboy, Davey!
David
Thanks,
Les
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Jack!
Mush
- There's Jack!- He's back!
Jack
Thanks for the advice, Governor,Like you said, I still got things to do,
Besides, I got famlly here.
Hey, you, Skittery! So, how's the headline today?
David
Headlines don't sell papes, Newsies sell papes.
Jack
Come here, David.
Crutchy
Thanks, David.
---------------------Beginning of Musical part12 ----------------------It's a fine life,carrying the banner
It's a fine life,carrying the banner
It's a fine life,carrying the banner
It's a fine life,carrying the banner
The end
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Newsies
Others
Bryan Denton
Medda larkson
Mayer Jacobs
Esther Jacobs
Ten-Pin
Sarah Jacobs
Roosevelt
Jonathan
Joseph Pulitzer
Mister Snyder
Weasel/Weisel
Seitz
Oscar Delancey
Morris Delancey
Judge
Mayor Robert Van Wyck
Cast of Newsies
ニュージーズとその仲間
役名
説明
Jack "Cowboy" Kelly / Francis Sullivan
ジャック　主人公
David Jacobs
デイビッド　ジャックのパートナー
Racetrack Higgins
レース　サブリーダー的存在
Crutchy
クラッチィ　足の悪い少年
Boots
ブーツ　黒人の子 わりと出てくる。
Mush Meyers
初めの方で上半身裸の少年サブリーダー的
Spot Conlon
コンロン　ニューヨークナンバーワンのニュージー
Kid Blink
眼帯をつけている少年　Skittery
Dutchy
Snipeshooter
Swifty
Snitch
Jake
脇役のニュージーズ A boyなどで表記
Itey
Snoddy
Bumlets
Specs
Pie Eater
Bryan Denton
The Sunの記者。ニュージーズの味方をしてくれる
Mr. Kloppman
ニュージーズの寮のおじいさん
Les Jacobs
デイビッドの弟
Sarah Jacobs
デイビッドの姉
Mayer Jacobs
デイビッドの父
Esther Jacobs
デイビッドの母
Ten-Pin
テンピン　感化院に居るジャックの友達
Medda Larkson
メダ　女優
その他
役名
Joseph Pulitzer
Mister Snyder
Weasel/Weisel
Oscar Delancey
Morris Delancey
Seitz
Judge Monahan
Governor Theodore Roosevelt
Jonathan
Mayor Robert Van Wyck
説明
プリッツァー新聞社社長かつ権力者
スナイダー感化院のボス
ワイゼル　販売所のおっさん
デランシー兄弟。販売所の者で、ワイゼルの親戚？
オスカーが兄でモリスが弟。ひげが生えているほうが弟モリス
セイツ　社長の側近
裁判官
ルーズベルト知事
ジョナサン　プリッツァーの側近で気弱
市長