Finian's Rainbow: When The Idle Poor Become The Idle Rich (Harburg & Lane)

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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 would we do determine Who's who underneath? And when all your neighbors Are upper class You won't know your Jones' From your Astor's Let's toast the day The day we drink that drinkie up But with a 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, oh, isn't he the sport 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 a 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 Tweedle Dum Is rich Tweedle Dee 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 Let's make the switch With just a few annuities We'll hide those incongruities In clothes from Abercrombie Fitch When the idle poor Become the idle rich When the idle poor Become the idle rich