Throw the ‘R’ Away Songtext
von The Proclaimers

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 I 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 I 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 I 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
'Cause 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 I threw the "R" away

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