“On State Street, that great street, I just want to say
They do things they don't do on Broadway
They have the time, the time of their life
I saw a man, he danced with his wife
In Chicago, Chicago my home town.”

—  Fred Fisher

Song Chicago (1922)

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American songwriter 1875–1942

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