Key: D
Introduction:
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Have you seen the well to do up and down Park Avenue,
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On that famous thoroughfare with their noses in the air,
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High hats and Arrow collars white spats and lots of dollars,
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Spending every dime for a wonderful time?
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If you're blue and you don't know where to go to,
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Why don't you go where fashion sits? Puttin' on the Ritz.
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Different types who wear a day coat,
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Pants with stripes and cutaway coat, perfect fits, puttin' on the Ritz.
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Strolling up the avenue so happy,
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All dressed up just like an English chappie?very snappy!
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Come, let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
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Or 'um-ber-el-las' in their mitts, puttin' on the Ritz.
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Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper,
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Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper?super-duper!
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You'll declare it's simply topping to be there
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And hear them swapping smart tidbits,
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Puttin' on the Ritz,
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Puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz!