TOP HAT, WHITE TIE AND TAILS

from the RKO Radio Motion Picture TOP HAT

Words and Music by

IRVING BERLIN

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I just got an in - vi - ta - tion through

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the mails. “Your pres - ence re - quest - ed this

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eve - ning, it’s for - mal.” A top hat, a white tie and

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tails. Noth - ing now could take the wind out of

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my sails, be - cause I’m in - vit - ed to

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step out this eve - ning with top hat and white tie and tails.
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I’m put - tin’ on my top hat,

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ty - in’ up my white tie, brush - in’ off my

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tails. I’m

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dude - in’ up my shirt front, put - tin’ in the

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shirt studs, pol - ish - in’ my nails.

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I’m step - pin’ out, my dear, to breathe an at - mos - phere

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that sim - ply reeks with class.

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And I trust that you’ll ex - cuse my dust when I step on the

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gas. For Iʼll be there,

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put - tinʼ down my top hat, muss - inʼ up my

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white tie, danc - inʼ in my tails.

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tails.