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Top Hat, White Tie And Tails Lyrics

Artist: Fred Astaire
Album: Top Hat, White Tie And Tails

(verse)
I just got an invitation through the mails:
"Your presence requested this evening,
It's formal, a top hat, a white tie and tails."
Nothing now could take the wind out of my sails.
Because I'm invited to step out this evening
With top hat and white tie and tails.

(chorus)
I'm puttin' on my top hat,
Tyin' up my white tie,
Brushin' off my tails.
I'm dudin' up my shirt front,
Puttin' in the shirt studs,
Polishin' my nails,
I'm steppin' out, my dear,
To breathe an atmosphere
That simply reeks with class;
And I trust that you'll excuse my dust
When I step on the gas,
For I'll be there,
Puttin' down my top hat,
Mussin' up my white tie,
Dancin' in my tails.

Comments/Interpretations

by laura evans on 8/23/2008 12:06pm
i think that this song is very good but i think that there should be a girls version

by BERT STEWART on 2/2/2013 10:16am
I FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE PREVIOUS COMMENT.THIS SONG IS ABOUT A MAN GETTING READY TO ATTEND A DANCE HARDLY MEANT FOR A WOMANS SONG DO YOU THINK!!

by Brian Connoley on 2/7/2013 9:33am
People who write comments on these sites are just odd!

by derek sturgess on 2/8/2013 2:40pm
i think... therefore I am

by Stephanie Matthews on 10/15/2013 1:32am
Laura, I'm female, and nothing stops me singing it. Apart from my tuneless voice.

by cass on 3/22/2019 7:26am
When I hear the modern gangster Rapp rubbish, my heart goes out to "real songs" with real words and real music. seems do have vanished!

by Victotronics on 2/12/2023 12:18pm
Astaire only sang this song. Irving Berlin wrote words and music.