Noël Coward - Children of the Ritz Lyrics |
1932 West End Words and Music the Musical - Children of the Ritz Lyrics
Music and lyrics by Noël Coward.
Children of the Ritz Children of the Ritz Sleek and civilised Fretfully surprised Though Mr. Molyneux has gowned us The world is tumbling around us Without a sou What can we do? We’ll soon be begging for a crust We can’t survive And keep alive Without the darling Banker’s trust
In the lovely gay Years before the Crash Mr. Cartier Never asked for cash Now shops we patronised are serving us with writs What’s going to happen to the Children of the Ritz?
We owe Elizabeth Arden Several thousand pounds Though we can’t pay We just blow in If we’re passing that way While we’re going On our rounds We’ll persevere Till our arteries harden
Then we shan’t much care Whether our chins Have a crinkle in them Whether our skins Have a wrinkle here and there We shan’t much mind For we shall then have left our dreary lives behind.
Children of the Ritz Children of the Ritz Vaguely debonair Only half aware
That all we’ve counted on is breaking into bits What shall we do What’s going to happen to The foolish little Children of the Ritz?
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