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

[dance interlude]

All:

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've got elegance

We were born with elegance

Barnaby:

I beheave 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...elegance...

Elegance...elegance...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...