SLUMMING ON PARK AVENUE
Words and music by Irving Berlin, ©1937.
From the film "On the Avenue"
As recorded by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with The Merry Macs.

CHORUS: Let's go slumming; take me slumming.
Let's go slumming on Park Avenue.
Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses
And make faces when a member of the classes passes.
Let's go smelling where they're dwelling,
Sniffing ev'rything the way they do.
Let us go to it; they do it; why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, nose thumbing, at Park Avenue.

[I found these additional lyrics in The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin edited by Robert Kimball, Linda Emmet, but I haven't heard them sung:]

VERSE: Put on your slumming clothes and get your car.
Let's go sightseeing where the high-toned people are.
Come on; there's lots of fun in store for you.
See how the other half lives on Park Avenue.

CHORUS 2: Let's go slumming; take me slumming.
Let's go slumming on Park Avenue.
Where the social hearts for Broadway lights are throbbing,
And they spend their nights in smart cafes hobnobbing, snobbing.
Come, let's eye them, pass right by them,
Looking down our noses as they do.
Let us go to it; they do it; why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, crumb bumming, on Park Avenue.

CHORUS 3: Let's go slumming; take me slumming.
Let's go slumming on Park Avenue.
Let's scrutinize them through a silver lorgnette
And make faces at their children who haven't been born yet.
When they're talking, hillside walking,
Let us look them up and down and through.
Let us go to it; they do it; why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, chew gumming, on Park Avenue.

CHORUS 4: Let's go slumming; take me slumming.
Let's go slumming on Park Avenue.
Where they won't see shows unless it's from the front row,
Paying prices that make actors call the front row grunt row.
Let's go find them, and remind them,
That they live there though the rent is due.
Let us go to it; they do it; why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, ho-humming, on Park Avenue.