Puttin' On The Ritz

From the Paramount picture "Blue Skies"
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Performed by Fred Astaire

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 umb-er-ellas
In their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz

(bridge)

Tips his hat just like an English chappie
To a lady with a wealthy pappy
Very snappy