Where Did You Get That Hat?

A celebrated comic song from the music hall, 1888.
Words and music by Joseph J. Sullivan.
Arranged by Wm. Loraine.

This song has a sequel, “A New Hat Now.”
There are others such as “Where Did You Get That Girl?”

The sheet music:

Where-Did-You-Get-That-Hat – SHEET MUSICDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Where_Did_You_Get_That_Hat – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Now how I came to get this hat
    ‘Tis very strange and funny
    Grandfather died and left to me
    His property and money
    And when the will it was read out
    They told me straight and flat
    If I would have his money
    I must always wear his hat

Chorus
Where did you get that hat?
Where did you get that tile?
Isn’t it a nobby one
And just the proper style?
I should like to have one
Just the same as that
Where e’re I go they shout: “Hello!
Where did you get that hat?”

  1. If I go to the op’ra house
    In the op’ra season
    There’s someone sure to shout at me
    Without the slightest reason
    If I go to a “chowder club”
    To have a jolly spree
    There’s someone in the party
    Who is sure to shout at me
  2. At twenty-one I thought I would
    To my sweetheart be married
    The people in the neighborhood
    Had said too long we’d tarried
    So, off to church we went right quick
    Determined to get wed
    I had not long been in there
    When the parson to me said

Sung here by Fred Feild: