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HIGH SOCIETY
Sung by Louis Armstrong
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Premiered in the movie "High Society" (1956)
ARMSTRONG:
Just dig that scenery floating by.
We're now approaching Newport, Rhode Isle.
We've been for years in Variety.
Cholly Knickerbocker, now we're going to be...
In high, high so-, high so-ci, high society.
I wanna play for my former pal
He runs the local jazz festival.
His name is Dexter and he's good news,
But something kinda tells me that boy is nursing the blues...
ALL:
In high, high so-, high so-ci, high society.
High society
High, high so-, high so-ci, high society.
ARMSTRONG:
He's got the blues 'cause his former wife
Begins tomorrow a brand new life.
She started lately a new affair
And now the silly chick is gonna marry a square...
ALL:
High, high so-, high so-ci, high society,
High, high so-, high so-ci, high society.
ARMSTRONG:
But, Brother Dexter, just trust your Satch,
To stop that wedding and kill that match.
I'll toot my trumpet to start the fun,
And play in such a way that she'll come back to you, son...
ALL:
In high, high so-, high so-ci, in high so-ci-ety.
Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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A Note From The Gull
What would we do without YouTube? I would have never known about this calypso inspired song and the movie by the same name.
Thank you, YouTube! Is that like saying "Thank You" to an ATM? Well, I do that too!
"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.
Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.
Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare
