PUTTIN' ON THE STYLE
(Norman Cazden)
LONNIE DONEGAN (PYE N15093, 1957)

Sweet sixteen goes to church
Just to see the boys
Laughs and screams and giggles
At every little noise
Turns her face a little
Then turns her head a while
But everybody knows she's only
Puttin' on the style

She's puttin' on the agony
Puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks
Are doin' all the while
And as I look around me
I sometimes have to smile
Seein' all the young folks
Puttin' on the style

Well, a young man in his hot rod car
Drivin' like he's mad
With a pair of yellow gloves
He's borrowed from his dad
He makes it roar so lively
Just to see his girlfriend smile
But she knows he's only
Puttin' on the style

He's puttin' on the agony
Puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks
Are doin' all the while
And as I look around me
I sometimes have to smile
Seein' all the young folks
Puttin' on the style

The preacher in the pulpit
Roars with all his might
Singin' glory hallelujah
Puts the folks all in a fright
Now you might think it's satan
That's a-comin' down the isle
It's only our poor preacher boy
That's puttin' on the style

He's puttin' on the agony
Puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks
Are doin' all the while
And as I look around me
I sometimes have to smile
Seein' all the young folks
Puttin' on the style

[Repeat chorus twice more]

Also recorded by The Riot Rockers