[78-L] another batch of burning questions

[Jeff Sultanof]

Thank you for using the original lyrics. As you know, they've been
'altered' over the years.

Jeff Sultanof

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:45 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Have you seen the well-to-do
> Up on Lenox Avenue
> On that famous thoroughfare
> With their noses in the air
>
> High hats and narrow 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
>
> Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
> And see them spend
> Their last two bits
> Puttin' on the Ritz
>
>
> * I corrected a couple of misquotes but couldn't resist leaving that one
> intact. That Levy and his high browns, my oh my..
>
> dl
>
> On 5/15/2012 10:32 AM, Philip Carli wrote:
> > It _is_ to display an attitude of superiority, or, really, to  look down
> upon or haughtily ignore someone. Think "top hat", which is what it's
> referring to - still a regular article of men's full evening dress until
> the late 1940s, and a mark of class division. P
> > ________________________________________
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> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com [neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:31 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [78-L] another batch of burning questions
> >
> > "High hat" is a type of cymbal in a drum set. As a verb, perhaps it
> > refers to hitting someone on top of the head?
> >
> > joe salerno
> >
> >
> > On 5/15/2012 3:04 AM, Rod Brown wrote:
> >
> >> What is meant by "high hat," used as a verb? I've heard this in the
> Memphis
> >> Slim song, "Mother Earth." From memory:
> >>
> >> You may high-hat me all the time
> >> And you may never come my way
> >> Mother Earth is waiting for you
> >> There's a debt you have to pay
> >>
> >> It sounds like to "high-hat" is to display an attitude of superiority,
> but
> >> does anyone know their way around this term?
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