Pick-a-Little Talk-a-Little
Meredith Willson
[ALMA]
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more

[ALMA & ETHEL]
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more

[ALL THE LADIES]
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more

[MAUD]
Professor, her kind of woman doesn't belong on any committee
Of course I shouldn't tell you this but she advocates dirty books

[HAROLD]
Dirty books?

[ALMA]
Chaucer!
[MAUD]
Rabelais!

[EULALIE]
Balzac!

[MAUD]
And the worst thing, of course I shouldn't tell you this but-

[ALMA]
I'll tell!

[ETHEL]
The man lived on my street, let me tell !

[EULALIE]
No! I'll tell
She made brazen overtures to a man who never had a friend
In this town 'till she came here

[ALMA]
Oh yes
That woman made brazen overtures with a gilt-edged guarantee
She had a golden glint in her eye
And a silver voice with a counterfeit ring
Just melt her down and you'll reveal a lump of lead as cold as steel
Here, where a woman's heart should be
[EULALIE, ETHEL, MAUD, ALMA, MRS. SQUIRES]
He left River City the library building
But he left all the books to her!

[ALMA]
Chaucer!

[MAUD]
Rabelais!

[EULALIE]
Balzac!

[LADIES]
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more

Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep
Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep
Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little
Pick a little, talk a little, cheep!
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 1962, titled "Pick-a-Little Talk-a-Little", by artist "Meredith Willson".