Have you seen the well-to-do
Upon Lennox 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

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 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 Rubbin′ elbows

Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
And see them spend
Their last two bits
Puttin′ on the Ritz
All the [?]
[?] drinks and oyster stew
Though he knows quite well a stash
Mean six days of [?]
High spats today they'll borrow
Dry smuts will come tomorrow
But nobody cares
For now they're all millionaires

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 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 Rubbin′ elbows
Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
And see them spend
Their last two bits
Puttin′ on the Ritz