La Rosita de Broadway - Bob Norman
[Chorus:]
Ah, la Rosita de Broadway
Ah, la Rosita de Broadway
La Rosita de Broadway
And it's caldo gallego with white beans
Some sausage and pigs knuckle too
In the midst of the day, in this warm summer rain
La Rosita, we all come to you
[Repeat Chorus]
The Dominicanos come in here to argue
And the Cubans for Capitan cigars
And the warm sharp tongue of the waitress
And the sound of the Spanish guitar
[Repeat Chorus]
Out in the rain the wars continue
And the lines are drawn clear and fine like knives
Ah, but here there is peace for half an hour at least
Such a fragile flower of Broadway
[Repeat Chorus]
© 1978 by Bob Norman
(La Rosita de Bovadway is a restaurant at Broadway and 1O8th Street in New York City. Caldo gallego is good soup. You don't have to be Spanish, or even Spanish-speaking, to sing the chorus.)