Fred Astaire — Puttin on the Ritz 1930

[Verse 1] Have you seen the well-to-do Upon Lenox Avenue On that famous thoroughfare With their noses in the air? High hats and coloured collars White spats and fifteen dollars Spending every dime For a wonderful time [Chorus] If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to Why don't you go where Harlem flits Putting on the ritz Spangled gowns upon the bevy of high browns From down the levy, all misfits Putting on the ritz That's where each and every Lulu-Belle goes Every Thursday evеning with their swell beaus Rubbing еlbows [Chorus] Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee And see them spend their last two bits Putting on the ritz (Boy, look at that man putting on that ritz) (You look at him, I can't) [Chorus] If you're blue, and you don't know where to go to Why don't you go where Harlem flits Putting on the ritz Spangled gowns upon the bevy of high browns From down the levy, all misfits Putting on that certain ritz That's where each and every Lulu-Belle goes Every Thursday evening with their swell beaus Rubbing elbows Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee And see them spend their last two bits Putting on the ritz [Outro] Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee And see them spend their last two bits Putting on the ritz