Where Did You Get That Hat 

Jas. Rolmaz 1901

Based on an 1888 song by American comedian and acrobatic dancer Joseph J. Sullivan. Legend has it that he was walking through the streets of Brooklyn 

wearing a funny hat, children teased him all the way to his front door. When he arrived home he wrote down what the kids had said, and it grew into this song, which soon became an English Music Hall standard. By the way, the word "Tile" is from the early 1800's and is slang for "hat." Tiles are sometimes used as shingles on a roof and a hat sits on the "roof" of your head.   

Chorus 

Where did you get that hat 

Where did you get that tile 

Isn't it a knobby one 

In just the proper style 

I should like to have one 

Just the same as that 

(Where 'ere i go they shout) 

"Hello, where did you get that hat?" 

  

  

Now how I came to get this hat 

Is very strange and funny 

My uncle died and left to me 

His property and money 

And when the will it was read out 

They told me straight and flat 

If I'm to have his money i must also wear his hat 

  

Chorus 

  

When I go to the concert hall 

In the concert season 

Someone's is sure to shout at me 

Without the slightest reason 

When I go to the opera hall 

To have a jolly spree 

There's one or two sopranos 

Who are sure to shout at me 

"Hello where did you get that hat?" 

  

Chorus

  

When Mr. And Mrs. Ramsbottom 

Had their last garden party 

I was amongst the guests, 

Who had a welcome true and hearty. 

The Prince of Wales was also there, 

And my heart jumped with glee, 

When someone said the prince 

Would like to have a word with me, 

"Hello, where did you get that hat?"