"Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little" is a song featured in the 1962 film The Music Man with music and lyrics written by Meredith Wilson. In the song, Eulalie and her friends tell the gossip-laden story of Old Miser Madison and Marion. They imply that she was dating him for money.
Lyrics[]
Alma:
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little,
Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more
Alma and Ethel:
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little,
Talk a little, cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more
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
Ethel:
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:
Stop! 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
Ethel:
Rabelais
Eulalie:
Bal-zac!
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, cheep!
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