[CORNELIUS & BARNABY]
Yes, New York
It's really us
Barnaby and Cornelius
[IRENE & 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
[IRENE]
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 feeding us
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
[ALL]
You can never ever carry it off
Middle cla**
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
[CORNELIUS]
Have you noticed when I hold my cup
The saucer never moves
[IRENE]
And the way I keep my pinky up
Indubitably proves
[ALL]
That we got elegance
We've got built in elegance
And with elegance
We'll carry it off!