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[ar:Original Broadway Cast Recording]
[ti:Why Can't The English?]
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[00:00.00]Why Can't The English? (《窈窕淑女》百老汇插曲) - Rex Harrison/Franz Allers/The My Fair Lady Orchestra
[00:11.01]Look at her a prisoner of the gutter
[00:14.24]Condemned by every syllable she ever uttered
[00:17.02]By right she should be taken out and hung
[00:19.78]For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue
[00:24.75]Heaven's What a noise
[00:26.40]This is what the British population
[00:30.01]Calls an elementary education
[00:32.33]Counsel I think you picked a poor example
[00:35.09]Did I
[00:36.98]Hear them down in Soho square
[00:38.78]Dropping his everywhere
[00:40.40]Speaking English anyway they like
[00:43.96]You sir did you go to school
[00:46.04]Wadaya like me for a fool
[00:47.64]No one taught him take instead of like
[00:51.22]Hear a Yorkshireman or worse
[00:52.88]Hear a Cornishman converse
[00:54.47]I'd rather hear a quite singing flat
[00:57.96]Chickens cackling in a barn
[01:00.19]Just like this one
[01:03.67]I ask you sir
[01:04.36]What sort of word is that
[01:06.58]It's Aoooow and Garn
[01:08.23]That keep her in her place
[01:10.98]Not her wretched clothes and dirty face
[01:15.01]Why can't the English teach
[01:16.78]Their children how to speak
[01:18.46]This verbal class distinction
[01:20.25]By now should be antique
[01:22.11]If you spoke as she does
[01:23.57]Sir instead of the way you do
[01:25.69]Why you might be selling flowers too
[01:29.35]An Englishman's way of
[01:30.22]Speaking absolutely classifies him
[01:32.89]The moment he talks he makes some other
[01:34.69]Englishman despise him
[01:36.63]One common language
[01:37.98]I'm afraid we'll never get
[01:39.83]Oh why can't the English learn to set
[01:44.20]A good example to people whose
[01:46.54]English is painful to your ears
[01:49.90]The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears
[01:53.49]There even are places
[01:55.19]Where English completely
[01:56.77]Disappears
[01:58.45]In America
[01:59.05]They haven't used it for years
[02:02.03]Why can't the English teach
[02:03.51]Their children how to speak
[02:05.29]Norwegians learn Norwegian
[02:06.98]The Greeks have taught their Greek
[02:08.85]In France every Frenchman knows
[02:10.70]His language made to Zed
[02:12.85]The French never care what they do actually
[02:14.34]As long as they pronounce in properly
[02:17.39]Arabians learn Arabian
[02:18.86]With the speed of summer lightning
[02:20.93]And Hebrews learn it backwards
[02:22.54]Which is absolutely frightening
[02:24.61]But use proper English
[02:26.03]You're regarded as a freak
[02:28.30]Why can't the English
[02:31.94]Why can't the English learn to speak
文本歌词
Why Can't The English? (《窈窕淑女》百老汇插曲) - Rex Harrison/Franz Allers/The My Fair Lady Orchestra
Look at her a prisoner of the gutter
Condemned by every syllable she ever uttered
By right she should be taken out and hung
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue
Heaven's What a noise
This is what the British population
Calls an elementary education
Counsel I think you picked a poor example
Did I
Hear them down in Soho square
Dropping his everywhere
Speaking English anyway they like
You sir did you go to school
Wadaya like me for a fool
No one taught him take instead of like
Hear a Yorkshireman or worse
Hear a Cornishman converse
I'd rather hear a quite singing flat
Chickens cackling in a barn
Just like this one
I ask you sir
What sort of word is that
It's Aoooow and Garn
That keep her in her place
Not her wretched clothes and dirty face
Why can't the English teach
Their children how to speak
This verbal class distinction
By now should be antique
If you spoke as she does
Sir instead of the way you do
Why you might be selling flowers too
An Englishman's way of
Speaking absolutely classifies him
The moment he talks he makes some other
Englishman despise him
One common language
I'm afraid we'll never get
Oh why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears
There even are places
Where English completely
Disappears
In America
They haven't used it for years
Why can't the English teach
Their children how to speak
Norwegians learn Norwegian
The Greeks have taught their Greek
In France every Frenchman knows
His language made to Zed
The French never care what they do actually
As long as they pronounce in properly
Arabians learn Arabian
With the speed of summer lightning
And Hebrews learn it backwards
Which is absolutely frightening
But use proper English
You're regarded as a freak
Why can't the English
Why can't the English learn to speak
