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 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 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 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 and so she ll work until infinity three cheers for femininity rah rah rah rah rah rah f e m i t y and in the winter she ll shovel the ice and lovingly set out the traps for the mice she s a joy and treasure for practically speaking to whom can you turn when the plumbing is leaking  to that dainty woman that fragile woman that sweetheart that mistress that wife oh yes it takes a woman a husky woman to bring you the sweet things in life 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