It Takes A Woman - Walter Matthau

It takes a woman all powdered and pink

To joyously 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, a dainty woman

A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife

Oh yes, it takes a woman, a fragile woman

To bring you the sweet things in life

The frail young maiden who’s constantly there

For washing and blueing and shoeing the mare

And it takes a female for setting the table

And weaving the Guernsey and cleaning the stable

Oh yes, it takes a woman, a dainty woman

A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife

Oh yes, it takes a woman, a fragile woman

To bring you the sweet things in life

And so she’ll work until infinity

Three cheers for femininity

Rah rah rah, rah rah rah

F. E. M., I. T. Y And in the winter she’ll shovel the ice

And lovingly set out the traps for the mice

She’s a joy and treasure for practically speaking

To whom can you turn when the plumbing is leaking?

To that dainty woman, that fragile woman

That sweetheart, that mistress, that wife

Oh yes, it takes a woman, a husky woman

To bring you the sweet things in life

Oh yes, it takes a woman, a dainty woman

A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife

Oh yes, it takes a woman, a fragile woman

To bring you the sweet things in life