Have you seen the well-to-do
Upon Lenox Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air?
High hats and colored collars
White spats and 15 dollars
Spending every dime
For a wonderful time
If you're blue, when 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 evening with their swell beaus
Rubbing elbow
Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
And see them spend their last two bits
Putting on the ritz
Boys, look at that man putting on that ritz
You look at him, I can't
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
Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
And see them spend their last two bits
Putting on the ritz