ELEGANCE

Words & Music by Jerry Herman
© 1964, Jerry Herman

(Cornelius and Barnaby)
– Yes, New York, it's really us,
Barnaby and Cornelius.

(Mrs. M. and Minnie)
– All the guests of Mister Hackl are
feelin' great and look spectacular!

(All) – What a knack there is to that
actin' 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. M.) – Exercise your wildest whims tonight,
we are out with "Diamond Jims" tonight.

(Minnie) – Could they be misleading us,
(Cornelius and Barnaby)
– silver spoons were used for feeding us.

We got elegance;
if you ain't got elegance,
(All) – you can never ever carry it off.

Middle class don't speak of it;
savoir faire, we reek of it.

Some were born with 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 got elegance,
we were born with elegance.

(Cornelius) – Have you noticed
when I hold my cup,
the saucer never moves?

(Mrs. M.) – And the way I keep
my pinky up
indubitably proves

(All) – That
we got elegance,
we got built in elegance,

And with elegance,
(Mrs. Molloy) – elegance,
(Barnaby) – elegance,

(Cornelius) – elegance,
(Minnie) – elegance,
(All) – we'll carry it off.

04-28-94, 14:00, L.T.

Soft Karaoke
Words
Melody
Flutes 1
Flute 2
Clarinets
French Horns
Trumpet 1
Trumpets 2
Trombones 1
Trombone 2
Drums
Vibraphone
Harp
Guitar
Violins
Double Bass