Hat Song 1908 'Ziegfeld's Follies of 1908'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 09 Nov 2004

The girls who have a passion
for following the fashion
now carry all their burdens
on their heads.
You see them out parading
so gaily promenading;
with hats about the size of folding beds.
There seems to be no limit
to things they use to trim it;
whatever is the craziest will do.
They sing their Easter carols
in lids the size of barrels;
and then they stroll along Fifth Avenue.

Big hats and bigger hats
and the biggest hats of all.
The kind of thing
they wore last Spring
and the freak they'll wear next Fall.
Hats with feathers
and fruits and flowers,
of ev'ry hue and shade,
it's: "Where did you get that hat!"
in The Easter Day Parade.

Big hats and bigger hats
and the biggest hats of all.
The kind of thing
they wore last Spring
and the freak they'll wear next Fall.
Hats with feathers
and fruits and flowers,
of ev'ry hue and shade,
it's: "Where did you get that hat!"
in The Easter Day Parade.

When you go for a ramble
with Sadie, it's a gamble
her hat will reach half way
across the street.
I saw a pair this morning;
their two hats made an awning
that cast a shadow round
for forty feet.
And if you go out riding
and try to get confiding
to whisper love
into her shelllike ear,
you'll find you'll need assistance,
you'll have to talk long distance;
The hat's so big the girl
you can't get near.

Big hats and bigger hats
and the biggest hats of all.
The kind of thing
they wore last Spring
and the freak they'll wear next Fall.
Hats with feathers
and fruits and flowers,
of ev'ry hue and shade,
it's: "Where did you get that hat!"
in The Easter Day Parade.

Big hats and bigger hats
and the biggest hats of all.
The kind of thing
they wore last Spring
and the freak they'll wear next Fall.
Hats with feathers
and fruits and flowers,
of ev'ry hue and shade,
it's: "Where did you get that hat!"
in The Easter Day Parade.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hat Song. 1908
Music by Maurice Levi.
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
F. Ziegfeld Jr's New Musical Review. The Follies of 1908
at Jardin de Paris (Atop New York Theatre),
Book by Harry B. Smith. Staged by Julian Mitchell.
Principals by Herbert Gresham
© MCMVIII by The Cohan & Harris Publishing Co., 115 West 42 St
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 09 November 2004 at 12.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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