Excerpt from The Belle of Bowling Green And here's to the maids of the past! (they were beautiful maids we know.) That strolled in the Battery Park, In the years of the Long Ago. And though maids of to - day are fair, (no lovelier ever have been) They are proud to be called by the names Of the Belles of the Bowling Green. Here's to the men of the past! Here's to the maids that have been! Here's to the heart of New York, That beats on the Bowling Green! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.