Slumming On Park Avenue

Red Norvo

Slumming On Park AvenueRed NorvoWritten by: Irving Berlin (b. Israel Balin)Put on your slumming clothes and get your carLet's go sightseeing where the high-toned people areCome on, there's lots of fun in store for youSee how the other half lives on Park AvenueLet's go slumming, take me slummingLet's go slumming on Park AvenueLet us hide behind a pair of fancy glassesAnd make faces when a member of the classes passesLet's go smelling where they're dwellingSniffing ev'rything the way they doLet us go to it, they do itWhy can't we do it too?Let's go slumming, nose thumbing, on Park Avenue[2nd chorus:]Let's go slumming, take me slummingLet's go slumming on Park AvenueWhere the social hearts for Broadway lights are throbbingAnd they spend their nights in smart cafes hobknobbing, snobbingCome let's eye them, pass right by themLooking down our noses as they doLet us go to it, they do itWhy can't we do it too?Let's go slumming, crumb bumming, on Park AvenueFrom: Todd & Sharon Peach