From the 1938 film “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Take away my high hats
Take away my fav’rite tie
Take away my white spats
I’ll still get by
But my walking stick
You simply must let that be
I mean you can’t take that away from me
Chorus
Without my walking stick
I’d go insane
Can’t look my best
I’d feel undressed
Without my cane
Must have my walking stick
‘Cause it may rain
And when it pours
Can’t be outdoors
Without my cane
If I ever left my house
Without my walking stick
It would just be something
I could never explain
The thing that makes me click
On lovers’ lane
Would go for naught
If I were caught
Without my cane
Sung here by Vancha March: