From the Musical Film, “HIGH SOCIETY,” 1956.
Words and Music by Cole Porter.
Copyright ©27 Aug 1956.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics:
VERSE
When you’re out in smart society
And you suddenly get bad news,
You musn’t show anxiety,
And proceed to sing the blues.
For example, tell me something sad,
Something awful, something grave.
And I’ll show you how a Racquet Club lad would behave.
REFRAIN 1
Have you heard it’s in the stars,
Next July we collide with Mars?
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
Have you heard that poor dear Blanche
Got run down by an avalanche?
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
What frails, what frocks!
What furs, what rocks@
What gaiety!
It’s all too exquis!
That French champagne!
So good for the brain!
That band, it’s the end!
Kindly don’t fall down, my friend.
Have you heard that Missus Crupp
Crossed the bridge when the bridge was up?
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
Have you heard Professor Munch
Ate his wife and divorced his lunch.
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
REFRAIN 2
Connie’s all burned up because
She found out what a third rail was.
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
Fannie isn’t paying calls,
She slipped over Niag’ra Falls.
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
It’s great, it’s grand!
It’s wonderland!
What soup, What fish!
That beef, what a dish!
That grouse, so rare!
That old Camembert!
That Baba au Rhum!
Kindly don’t fall over, chum.
Have you heard that Grandma Doyle
Thought the flit was her min’ral oil?
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!
Have you heard that Mimsie Starr
Just got pinched in the Astor Bar?
Well, did you evah!
What a swell party this is!