When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich
Fred Astaire, Petula Clark & Chours
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When the idle poor
Become the idle rich
You'll never know just who is who
Or who is which
Won't it be rich
When everyone's poor relative
Becomes a Rockefellertive
And palms no longer itch?
What a switch!
When we all have ermine
And plastic teeth
How will we determine
Who's who underneath?
And when all your neighbours
Are upper class
You won't know your Joneses
From your... Astors
Let's toast the day
The day we drink that drinkie up
But with the little pinkie up
The day on which
The idle poor
Become the idle rich
When a rich man
Doesn't want to work
He's a bon vivant
Yes, he's a bon vivant
But when a poor man
Doesn't want to work
He's a loafer, he's a lounger
He's a lazy good-for-nothing
He's a jerk
When a rich man
Loses on a horse
Isn't he the sport, ho-ho!
Isn't he the sport?
But when a poor man
Loses on a horse
He's a gambler, he's a spender
He's a low-life, he's a reason for divorce
When a rich man chases after dames
He's a man about town
Oh, yes, a man about town
But when a poor man
Chases after dames
He's a bounder, he's rounder
He's a rotter and a lot of dirty names
When the idle poor
Become the idle rich
You'll never know just who is who
Or who is which
No one will see
The Irish or the Slav in you
For when you're on Park Avenue
Cornelius and Mike
Look alike
When poor Tweedledum
Is rich Tweedledee
This discrimination
Will no longer be
When we're in the dough
And off of the nut
You won't know your banker
From your... butler
Come on, Finian!
Come on, Finian!
- Yay, Finian!
- Yeah, Finian!
Go!
Let's make the switch
With just a few annuities
We'll hide those incongruities
In cloaks from Abercrombie Fitch
When the idle poor
When the idle poor
Become the idle rich
Become the idle rich
When the idle poor
Become the idle rich