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America" is a song from the 1957 musical West Side Story. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and Leonard Bernstein composed the music.
America Lyrics from West Side Story musical. Song lyrics to Broadway show. Soundtrack listing.
1957 Broadway lyrics. ROSALIA. Puerto Rico, You lovely island . . . Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing, Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . . ANITA. Puerto Rico . . .
West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood.
Bernardo, Anita, Chino and their friends discuss the unfairness of America – they are treated like foreigners, while "Polacks" like Tony are treated like real Americans, paid twice as much for their jobs.
30 kwi 2024 · The lyrics of “America” are deceptively simple. The song is a duet between two characters, Anita and Rosalia, who are both Puerto Rican immigrants living in New York City. They are debating the pros and cons of America, with Rosalia extolling its virtues and Anita expressing her disillusionment.
Broadway revival West Side Story the Musical - America Lyrics. ROSALIA Puerto Rico, You lovely island . . . Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing, Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . . ANITA Puerto Rico . . . You ugly island . . . Island of tropic diseases. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the population growing . . .
