Lyrics Bernstein: West Side Story - I. Prologue - Leonard Bernstein

Bernstein: West Side Story - I. Prologue

The Neighborhood — The months before
(The opening, half danced half mimed, is a
condensationof the growing rivalry between
two teenage gangs.
The Sharks are Puerto Ricans,
the Jets an anthology of whatis called 'American'.
The Jets want to hold on to their territory
and clean out the Sharks in a rumble.)