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Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air
High hats and narrow collars
White spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime
For a wonderful time
Now, if you're blue
And you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a daycoat
Pants with stripes and cutaway coat
Perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dressed up like a million dollar trooper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
Super-duper
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or "umberellas"
In their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
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Tips his hat just like an English chappie
To a lady with a wealthy pappy
Very snappy
You'll declare it's simply topping
To be there and hear them swapping
Smart tidbits
Puttin' on the Ritz
Lyrics Kindly Provided by Wayne
Putting on the Ritz- Irving Berlin
Have you seen the well-to-do up on Lenox Avenue?
On that famous thoroughfare, with their noses in the air?
High hats and colored collars, white spats and fifteen dollars; spending every
dime for a wonderful time.
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to,
Why don't you go where Harlem glitz -
Puttin' on the Ritz.
Spangled gowns upon the be-vy of highbrows from down the levee, all misfits
-
Puttin' on the Ritz!
That's where each and every Lulu Belle goes, ev'ry Thursday evening with her
swell beaux - Rubbin' elbows.
Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee and see them spend their last two
bits -
Blue Skies version
Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue?
On that famous thoroughfare, with their noses in the air?
High hats and narrow collars, white spats and lots of dollars; spending every
dime for a wonderful time.
Now, if you're blue and you don't know where to go to, why don't you go where
fashion sits -
Puttin' on the Ritz.
Different types who wear a daycoat, pants with stripes
and cutaway coat, perfect fits -
Puttin' on the Ritz.
Dressed up like a million dollar trooper, tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper
-
Super-duper!
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or "umberellas"
in their midst -
Puttin' on the Ritz.
Tips his hat just like an English chappie, to a lady with a wealthy pappy -
Very snappy.
You'll declare it's simply topping to be there and hear them swapping smart
tidbits -
Puttin' on the Ritz.
