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PROCLAIMERS lyrics : "Throw The 'r' Away"

The Proclaimers - Throw The 'R' Away

I've been so sad

Since you said my accent was bad
He's worn a frown
This Caledonian clown


I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words

On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels

And threw the 'R' away

Some days I stand

On your green and pleasant land
How dare I show face
When my diction is such a disgrace


I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words

On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels

And threw the 'R' away

You say that if I want to get ahead

The language I use should be left for dead
It doesn't please your ear
And though you tell it like a leg-pull

It seems your still full of John Bull
You just refuse to hear


Oh what can I do
To be understood by you
Perhaps for some money

I could talk like a bee dripping honey.

I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate

To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say

If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away


You say that if I want to get ahead
The language I use should be left for dead
It doesn't please your ear

And though you tell it like a leg-pull
I think your still full of John Bull
You just refuse to hear


He's been so sad
Since you said his accent was bad

He's worn a frown
This Caledonian clown


I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxon ears don't grate

But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away

Flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'R' away
If I flattened all the vowels

And threw the 'R' away

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