[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 feeding 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:]

JP 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 eleganceelegance
Eleganceeleganceelegance
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