Puttin’ on the Ritz (1930)
(wm) Irving Berlin. (I) Film: Puttin’ on the Ritz by Harry Richman. (P) Harry Richman. (R) 1939 Film: Idiot’s Delight by Clark Gable. (CR) Leo Reisman and his Orchestra. (R) 1946 Film: Blue Skies by Fred Astaire. (R) 1983 by Taco.
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

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

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to
Why don’t you go where Harlem spits? Puttin’ on the Ritz
Spangled gowns upon the bevy of high brows
From down the levy, all misfits, puttin’ on the Ritz

That’s where each and every lulu-belle goes
Every Thursday evening in her swell clothes
Rubbin’ elbows, come with me and we’ll attend their jubilee
And see them spend their last two bits. Puttin’ on the Ritz