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Climb Up the Social Ladder (The New Blue D.A.R.) Lyrics by Maureen McGovern, New York Choral Artists

Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing / Let ’Em Eat Cake

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[MARY]
Though you have gentility
And respectability
Though you have a social charm that passes
[WIVES]
Girls, what are you but the middle classes?
[GIRLS]
Says you
[WIVES]
It's true
[MARY]
Let's cut out formality
Get down to reality
You're the kind the upper class looks down on
You're the kind Park Avenue will frown on
[GIRLS]
Says you
[WIVES]
It's true
[MARY & WIVES]
Ladies, if you would advance
Socially, then here's your chance
[MARY]
All you have to do
Is buy a blouse of blue
And you become a member of the new D.A.R. 
[WIVES]
The second revolution and the Blue D.A.R. 
[GIRLS]
Purchasing a blouse, you say, is vital?
[MARY]
Ladies, it's like marrying a title
[WIVES & GIRLS]
There's no one in the land can rise as far
As members of the Second D.A.R. 
[MARY]
Climb up the social ladder
Join the Second D.A.R. 
What makes a woman gladder
Than to be a social star?
You'll be snubbing all the Abbots
And all the Cabots
And other Boston Babbitts
You're high up on the ladder
When you join the new Blue D.A.R.!
[MARY, WIVES & GIRLS]
We're on the social ladder
In the Second D.A.R. 
Each member's heart is gladder
Now that she's a social star
We'll be snubbing all the Abbots
And all the Cabots
And other Boston Babbitts!
We're high up on the ladder
When you join the new Blue D.A.R.!
Credits
Maureen McGovern

Maureen McGovern

New York Choral Artists

New York Choral Artists

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