from the musical comedy “Little Nellie Kelly”
a popular 1922 song
Words and music by George M. Cohan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
In dressing, in dressing
So that man may admire
It’s a matter of thinking
If you’d have them a-winking
In dressing, the blessing
Is not all the attire
It’s the way that you wear the clothes
And bear the clothes upon you
It’s the way that you air the clotes
It’s all in the poise and pose
Refrain
If a dress is of this or of that
It is all in the wearing
If a fur is of sable or cat
Nobody knows or is caring
It is all in the tilt of the hat
Though it’s shabby and torn
Men are attracted by manner and air
Cost of production they seldom compare
It is never the thing that you wear
It’s the way it is worn
Sung here by Fred Feild: