[RACETRACK, spoken]
In 1899, the streets of New York echoed with the voices of newsies
Peddlin' the papers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other giants of the newspaper world
On every corner, you saw 'em carryin' the banner, bringin' you the news for a penny a pape
Poor orphans and runaways, the newsies were a ragged army, without a leader
Until one day, all that changed...