High Society Calypso Lyrics - Louis Armstrong

(Cole Porter) 

Louis Armstrong - 1956 

[Armstrong] 

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 

[All] 

In High, High So- 

High So-ci-, 

High So-ci-ety. 

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[Armstrong] 

I wanna play for my former pal- 

He runs the local jazz festival. 

His name is Dexter and he's good news, 

But sumping kind of tells me that he's nursing the blues 

[All] 

In High, High So-, 

High So-ci-, 

High So-ci-ety. 

[Armstrong] 

He's got the blues 'cause his wife, alas, 

Thought writing songs was beneath his class, 

But writing songs he'd not stop, of course, 

And so she flew to Vegas for a quickie divorce 

[All] 

In High, High So-, 

High So-ci-, 

High So-ci-ety. 

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[Armstrong] 

To make him sadder, 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 

[All] 

In High So-, 

High So-ci-, 

High So-ci-ety. 

[Armstrong] 

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, 

[All] 

In High, High So- 

High So-ci-, 

High So-ci-ety.