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1951 Broadway
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn the Musical - He Had Refinement Lyrics
The song is written by Dorothy Fields and Arthur Schwartz.
(spoken)
Let me tell'ya about Harry,
Six-foot-three and all muscle.
Thick wavy hair and the biggest
pair o' brown eyes ya'ever saw....
I I ever seen a Prince,
My Harry was him
Always smelt from peppermints,
His person was trim
His voice was passionate,
Soulful his face was
He never took no liberties,
He knew what his place was
He's say, "Pardon my glove",
Politely when he shook my hand
And he'd pass me the evenin' paper
after his soup got fanned
He only used four-letter words
I didn't understand
He had refinement
He would never sit down to the table,
But what his shirt was on
Or come out of the bathroom
drippin' like a dyin' swan
Or call a visitor a slob
Until the slob had gone
He had refinement
One time he said "May I suggest
you call a lady's chest a chest,
instead of a points of interest"
Dainty....ain't he?
He was shy and awful modest,
'Cause he was so high bred
When the wind blew up my bloomers,
Did his face get red
And he undressed with all the lights off....
Till we was wed
He had refinement
He would walk next to the gutter,
So I shouldn't get hit
With a pillow he'd kill mosquitoes,
So I shouldn't get bit
Only certain kinds of exertion
for me he'd permit
He had refinement
In the water at Coney Island
was our first embrace
When my water wings flew off
And hit 'im in the face
He introduced himself before
He put 'em back in place
He had refinement
At Luna Park all night we sat
Our food got cold, our beer got flat
I saw what he was driving at
I should've forbid it....but I did it
He had such respect
And feelin's all our married life
Just the thought that he might hurt
me cut 'im like a knife
And so he never told me
that he had another wife
He had refinement
Refinement!
A gentleman to his fingernails was he
Review: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn the Musical Lyrics
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Make The Man Love Me
Look Who's Dancing
Love is the Reason
I'll Buy You a Star
He Had Refinement
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