11 little girls:
We can sing, we can dance,
we write poems with compassion.
We can draw, we can paint all into parisian fashion.
We are dainty, proper and well-bred.
Tres tres well-travelled and tres tres well-read.
We are elegant and cultivated,
Polished and sophisticated.
Graceful, musically-inclined.
Pepito:
We can dribble!
Uncle Horst:
My, how refined.
11 little girls:
We can dance ballet in all positions,
Curtsy for the politicians.
Sketch a portrait for the Louvre.
Chloe:
Sing at the opera.
Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi!
Uncle Horst:
Hmm, how very smooth.
11 little girls:
We can swim, we can skate,
We can gallop with perfection,
We can cook, we can bake,
Every cordon bleu selection.
We are dainty, proper and well-bred.
Tres tres well-travelled and tres tres well-read.
Uncle Horst:
A fine upbringing, you've been given,
considering the place you’re living.
But, to learn correctly, if you please.
I'll find a teacher who's Viennese.
Ms. Clavel:
They can weave, they can sew,
with the finest silk or satin.
Lord Cucuface:
They can quote from the classics,
in fluent Greek and Latin.
Spanish Ambassador's Wife:
They are dainty, proper and well-bred.
Spanish Ambassador:
Muy muy well-travelled and muy muy well-read.
11 little girls:
We can sing, we can dance, we write poems with compassion.
We can draw, we can paint all into parisian fashion.
We are dainty, proper and well-bred.
Uncle Horst:
Nein! Nein!
11 little girls:
Tres tres well-travelled and
tres tres tres tres tres well-read.
Oui oui!