[Revised 1946 version]
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[Verse:]
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Have you seen the well-to-do
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Up and down Park Avenue
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On that famous thoroughfare
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With their noses in the air
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High hats and Arrow collars
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White spats and lots of dollars
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Spending every dime
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For a wonderful time
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[Refrain:]
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If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
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Why don't you go where fashion sits
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Puttin' on the ritz
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Diff'rent types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes
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And cutaway coat, perfect fits
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Puttin' on the ritz
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Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
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Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
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Super duper
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Come, let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
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Or "um-ber-ellas" in their mitts
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Puttin' on the ritz
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[Alternate lyrics:]
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Strolling up the avenue so happy
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All dressed up just like an English chappie
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Very snappy
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You'll declare it's simply topping [top-thing?] to be there
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And hear them swapping smart tidbits
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Puttin' on the ritz
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[Alternate lyrics from Fred Astaire's commercial recording:]
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Tips his hat just like an English chappie
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To a lady with a wealthy pappy
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Very snappy
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Puttin' On The Ritz (Revised)
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| Irving Berlin |
