Elegance

Yes, New York, it's really us
Barnaby and Carneleus

All the guests of Mr. Hackl
Are feeling great and look spectacular

What a knack there is to that

Acting like a born aristocrat

We've got elegance
If you ain't got elegance

You can never ever carry it off

All who are well-bred agree
Minnie Fay has pedigree

Exercise your wildest whims tonight
We are out with Diamond Jim's tonight

Could they be misleading us?

Silver spoons were used for feeding us
We've got elegance
If you ain't got elegance

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

Vanderbilt held toes to us

J.P. Morgan scrapes and bows to us

We've got elegance
We were born with elegance

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

And the way I keep my pinky up
Indubitably proves

That

We've got elegance
We got built-in elegance
And with elegance (elegance, elegance, elegance)
We'll carry it off