Cornelius & Barnaby:
Yes, New York
It's really us
Barnaby and Cornelius

Mrs. Molloy & Minnie:
All the guests of
Mr. Hackl are
Feelin' great and
look spectacular

All:
What a knack
There is to that
Acting like a born aristocrat
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever
carry it off

Cornelius:
All who are
Well-bred agree
Minnie Fay
Has pedigree

Mrs. Molloy:
Exercise your wildest
whims tonight
We are out with
diamond Jims tonight

Minnie:
Could they be
Misleading us?

Cornelius & Barnaby:
Silver spoons were
used for *beating*
us

All:
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever
carry it off

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All:
Middle class
Don't speak of it
Savoir Faire
We reek of it
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rags and patches
but
We use dollar bills
for matches and

Minnie:
Vanderbilt
Kowtows to us

Cornelius:
J.P. Morgan scrapes
and bows to us

All:
We've got elegance
We were born with elegance

Barnaby:
I behave like Walter Wally
When the streets
are full of mud

Mrs. Molloy:
And the bluest
Huckelberry isn't
bluer than my blood

Minnie:
Have you noticed when
I hold my cup
The saucer never moves

Cornelius:
And the way I keep
my pinky up
Indubitably proves that

All:
We got elegance
We got built in elegance
And with
elegance...eleganc e...
Elegance...eleganc e...
elegance
We'll carry it off!

All:
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever
carry it off
We got Elegance...