From the musical “Guys and Dolls”, 1950.
Words and music by Frank Loesser.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
He gave me the fur coat five winters ago
And the gown the following fall
Then the bracelet, the bag
The hat and the shoes
That was late ‘forty-eight, I recall
Then last night in his apartment
He tried to remove them all
And I said as I ran down the hall
Chorus
Take back your mink
Take back your pearls
What made you think
That I was one of those girls (I’m screamin’)
Take back the gown, the gloves and the hat
I may be down, but I’m not flat as all that
I tho’t that each expensive gift you’d arrange
Was a token of your esteem
Now when I think
Of what you want in exchange
It all seems a horrible dream
So, take back your mink
Those old worn-out pelts
And go shorten the sleeves
For somebody else
Chorus
Take back your mink
Take back your pearls
What made you think
That I was one of those girls (I’m screamin’)
Take back the gown, the gloves and the hat
I may be down, but I’m not flat as all that
I tho’t that each expensive gift you’d arrange
Was a token of your esteem
Now when I think
Of what you want in exchange
It all seems a horrible dream
So, take back your mink
To from whence it came
And tell ’em to Hollanderize it
For some other dame