You know this language that we speak   Is part German, Latin and part Greek   Celtic and Arabic all in a heap   Well amended by the people in the street      The Choctaw gave us the word okay   Vamose is a word from Mexico way   And all of this is a hint I suspect   Of what comes next      I think that this whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      Soon mama, my whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      I like Polish sausage, I like Spanish rice   And pizza pie is also nice   Corn and beans from the Indians here   Washed down by German beer      A Marco Polo traveled by camel and pony   He brought to Italy, the first macaroni   And you and I as well we're able   We put it all on the table      I think that this whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      Soon mama, my whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      There were no red-headed Irishmen   Before the Vikings landed in Ireland   How many Romans had dark curly hair   Before they brought slaves from Africa?      No race of man is completely pure   Nor is anyone's mind, and that's for sure   The winds mix the dust of every land   And so will woman and man      I think that this whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      Soon mama, my whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      This doesn't mean we will all be the same   We'll have different faces and different names   Long live many different kinds of races   It's a difference of opinion that makes horse races      Just remember the rule about rules, brother   What's right for one could be wrong for the other   And take a tip from La Belle France   Viva la difference      I think that this whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      Soon mama, my whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up      Soon mama, my whole world   Soon mama, my whole wide world   Soon mama, my whole world   Soon gonna be get mixed up