Album Cover Puttin' On The Ritz

Puttin' On The Ritz

Fred Astaire

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Have you seen the well-to-do

Up and down Park Avenue

On that famous thoroughfareWith their noses in the air

High hats and arrow 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

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