Everybody used to wear a hat
At work or play- night and day
Everyone wore a hat

Lords and ladies joined the queue
Hats for each occasion
With folk like me-and you !

Royalty wore crowns and coronets
As on their thrones they sat
When appearing before their subjects
Traditionally wore a hat

Sherlock Holmes and Charlie Chaplin
Sported famously apt chapeaux
That made their characters famous
Through Hollywoods highs and lows

At Ascot every summer
Top hats and tails galore
With floppy hats In fashion
Who could wish for more?