Classic Poem

VERSE

Love had socked me,
Simply knocked me
For a loop.
Luck had dished me
Till you fished me
From the soup.
Now, together,
We can weather
Anything.
So please don't sputter
If I should mutter:

REFRAIN

" Life's great, life's grand,
Future all planned,
No more clouds in the sky.
How'm I ridin'?
I'm ridin' high.
Someone I love,
Mad for my love,
So long, Jonah, good-bye.
How'm I ridin'?
I'm ridin' high. "
Floating on a starlit ceiling,
Doting on the cards I'm dealing,
Gloating, because I'm feeling
So hap-hap-happy,
I'm slap-happy.
So ring bells, sing songs,
Blow horns, beat gongs,
Our love never will die.
How'm I ridin'? I'm ridin' high.

PATTER 1

What do I care
If Missus Harrison Williams is the best-dressed woman in town?
What do I care
If Countess Barbara Hutton has a Rolls-Royce built for each gown?
Why should I have the vapors
When I read in the papers
That Missus Simpson dined behind the throne?
I've got a cute king of my own.
What do I care
If Katie Hepburn is famous for the world's most beautiful nose,
Or if I, for my sins,
Don't possess underpins
Like the pegs " Legs " Dietrich shows?
I'm feeling swell,
In fact so well
It's time some noise began,
For although I'm not
A big shot,
Still, I've got my man.

So ring bells, sing songs,
Blow horns, beat gongs,
Our love never will die.
How'm I ridin'?
I'm ridin' high.

PATTER 2

What do I care
If Missus Dorothy Parker has the country's wittiest brain?
What do I care
If little Eleanor Jarrett only swims in vintage champagne?
Why should I be a-flutter
When Republicans mutter
That Missus R. gets pay to write her day,
If I could write my nights, hey, hey!
What do I care
If fair Tallulah possesses tons and tons of jewels from gents?
Or if someone observes
That I haven't the curves
That Simone Simon presents?
I'm doin' fine,
My life's divine,
I'm living in the sun
'Cause I've a big date
With my fate,
So I rate
A-1.

So ring bells, sing songs,
Blow horns, beat gongs,
Our love never will die.
How'm I ridin'? I'm ridin' high.