From the film “REACHING FOR THE MOON,” 1931 [unpublished].
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©23 Jan 1931.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Lenox Avenue is known for doing the low-down
But you’ll find they’re not alone
In doing the low-down
Fifth Avenue’s learning how
They had to fall
Fifth Avenue does it now
And that’s not all
Chorus:
Whenever the folks high-up do the mean low-down
There is no low-down lower than that
Whenever the swells slow down and become low-down
There is no low-down lower than that
You may believe it or not
When they start getting hot
there is no Hottentot that’s hotter than that
So you can lay your dough down
When they go low-down
There is no low-down lower than that