Cole Porter

Featuring: Louis Armstrong

[Verse 1]
Just dig that scenery floating by
We're now approaching Newport, Rhode I
We've been, for years, in Variety
But Cholly Knickerbocker, now we're going to be

[Chorus]
In high, high so
High soci
High society

[Verse 2]
I wanna play for my former pal
He runs the local jazz festival
His name is Dexter and he's good news
But something kind of tells me that he's nursing the blues

[Chorus]
In high, high so
High soci
High society

[Verse 3]
He's got the blues cause his former wife
Begins tomorrow a brand new life
She started lately a new affair
And now the silly chick is gonna marry a square

[Chorus]
In high so
High soci
High society

[Verse 4]
But, Brother Dexter, just trust your Satch
To stop that wedding and kill that match
I'll toot my trumpet to start the fun
And play in such a way that she'll come back to you, son

[Chorus]
In high, high so
High soci
High society

[Outro]
In high society
Can you dig old Satchmo swinging in the beautiful high society

Cole Porter (1891 – 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. He began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs.

After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and ‘30s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical.

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