puttin' on the ritz

have you seen the well-to-do?

upon lennox avenue

on that famous thoroughfare

with their noses in the air

high hats and narrow collars

white spats and fifteen dollars

spending every dime on a wonderful time

if you're blue and you don't know where to go to

why don't you go where harlem flits

puttin' on the ritz

spangled gowns upon the bevy of high browns

down the levy all misfits

put-tin' on the ritz

that's where each and every lulu-belle goes

every thursday evening with her swell beaus

rubbin' elbows. come with me and we'll attend their jubilee and

see them spend their last two bits

puttin' on the ritz

have you seen the well-to-do?

upon lennox avenue

on that famous thoroughfare

with their noses in the air

high hats and narrow collars

white spats and fifteen 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 fashion sits

put-tin' on the ritz

spangled gowns upon the bevy of high browns

from down the levy all misfits

puttin' on the ritz

that's where each and every lulu-belle goes

every thursday evening with her swell beaus

rubbin' elbows

come with me and we'll attend their jubilee

and see them spend their last two bits

puttin' on the ritz