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 wanna 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 you're 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 you're 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 I threw the "R" away   Flattened all the vowels and I threw the "R" away   Flattened all the vowels and I threw the "R" away