It Takes a Woman Jerry Herman (Ft. David Burns & Original Broadway Cast of Hello, Dolly!)

[Vandergelder]
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

[Cornelius, Barnaby, and two customers]
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

[Vandergelder]
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

[All]
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