What the Well Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear (feat. Corporal James "Stump" Cross) - Ирвинг Берлин, Corporal James "Stump" Cross, All-Soldier Swing Band

There’s a change in fashion that shows

In those Lenox Avenue clothes

Mister Dude has disappeared with his flashy tie

You’ll see in the Harlem Esquire

What the well-dressed man will desire

When he’s struttin’down the street with his sweetie-pie

Sun tan, shade of green

Or an olive drab color scheme

That’s what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear

Dressed up in O.D.'s

With a tin hat for overseas

That’s what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear

Top hat, white tie and tails no more

They’ve been put away till after the war

If you want to know

Take a look at Brown Bomber Joe

That’s what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear