Hello Dolly (Related Recordings) Lyrics
"It Takes A Woman"

Vandergelder:
It takes a woman all powderd and pink
To joysously clean out the drain in the sink
And it takes an angel with long golden lashes
And soft dresden fingers for dumping the ashes
Yes it takes a woman, and dainty woman
A sweetheart, and mistress, a wife

Cornelius, Barnaby, & 2 Customers:
Oh, yes it takes a woman
A fragile woman to bring you the sweet things in life

Vandergelder:
The frail young maiden
Who's costantly there
For washing, and blueing, and shoeing the mare
And it takes a female for setting the table
And weaving the guernsty
And cleaning the stable

All:
Oh yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman, and sweetheart, and mistress, a wife
Oh yes it takes woman
A frigile woman to bring you the sweet things in life
And so she'll work until infinity,
Three cheers for femininity
God bless femininity

Vandergelder:
And in the winter, she'll shovel the ice
And loveingly set out the traps for mice
She's a joy and treasure for practically speaking
To whom can you turn when the plumbing is leaking

Vandergelder, Cornlius, Barnaby:
To that dainty woman, that frigile woman
That sweetheart, that mistress, that wife
To that womanly woman, Oh yes it takes a woman

Vandergelder:
A husky woman

Vandergelder, Cornelius, Barnaby:
To bring you the sweet things in life

All:
Oh yes it takes a woman, a dainty woman
A sweetheart, and mistress, a wife
Oh yes it takes a woman, a frigile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life.