Slumming On Park Avenue

by Ella Fitzgerald

From the album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book

Track 23 of 31 on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book (1958).

Duration: 2:24

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Lyrics for Slumming On Park Avenue

Put on your slumming clothes and get your car Let's go sightseeing where the high-toned people are Come on, there's lots of fun in store for you See how the other half lives on Park Avenue Let's go slumming, take me slumming Let's go slumming on Park Avenue Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses And make faces when a member of the classes passes Let's go smelling where they're dwelling Sniffing ev'rything the way they do Let us go to it, they do it Why can't we do it too? Let's go slumming, nose thumbing, on Park Avenue [2nd chorus:] Let's go slumming, take me slumming Let's go slumming on Park Avenue Where the social hearts for Broadway lights are throbbing And they spend their nights in smart cafes hobknobbing, snobbing Come let's eye them, pass right by them Looking down our noses as they do Let us go to it, they do it Why can't we do it too? Let's go slumming, crumb bumming, on Park Avenue

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  12. I Used To Be Color Blind
  13. Lazy
  14. How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
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  17. Supper Time
  18. How's Chances?
  19. Heat Wave
  20. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
  21. You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
  22. Reaching For The Moon
  23. Slumming On Park Avenue
  24. The Song Is Ended
  25. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
  26. Now It Can Be Told
  27. Always
  28. It's A Lovely Day Today
  29. Change Partners
  30. No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
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