Franklin P. Adams - A Wish lyrics

(An Apartmental Ditty.) Mine be a flat beside the Hill; A vendor's cry shall soothe my ear A landlord shall present his bill At least a dozen times a year. The tenor, oft, below my flat, Shall practise 'Violets' and such; And in the area a cat Shall beat the band, the cars, and Dutch. Around the neighbourhood shall be About a hundred thousand kids; And, eke in that vicinitee, Ten pianolas without lids. And mornings, I suppose, by gosh, I'll be awakened prompt at seven, By ladies hanging up the wash Only a mile or so from heaven.