The Jacksons TV Show - They Can't Take That Away From Me - Puttin' On The Ritz

"Puttin' on the Ritz" is a popular song written and published in 1929 by Irving Berlin and introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritz (1930).
The title derives from the slang expression "putting on the Ritz", meaning to dress very fashionably.
The expression was inspired by the swanky Ritz Hotel.
The song gives Gary Cooper as an example of someone who puts on the Ritz.



They Can't Get Away from me / Puttin' On The Ritz - lyrics

(They Can't Get Away from me)
Hello, Hello

The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No no they can't take that away from me

The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No no they can't take that away from me

no they can't take that away from me...

(Puttin' On The Ritz)
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
why don't you go where fashion sits,
Puttin' on the ritz.

Different types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes
and cutaway coat, perfect fits,
Puttin' on the ritz.

Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)

Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks
or "umberellas" in their mitts,
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz