Lyrics English is Cuh-Ray-Zee (English is Crazy) - Pete Seeger
English
is
the
most
widely
spoken
Language
in
the
history
of
the
planet
One
out
of
every
seven
human
beings
can
speak
or
read
it
It
has
the
largest
vocabulary,
perhaps
two
million
words
And
a
noble
body
of
literature.
But
face
it:
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
Just
a
few
examples:
There's
no
egg
in
eggplant,
no
pine
or
apple
in
pineapple
Quicksand
works
slowly;
boxing
rings
are
square
A
writer
writes,
but
do
fingers
fing?
Hammers
don't
ham,
grocers
don't
groce.
Haberdashers
don't
haberdash
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
If
the
plural
of
tooth
is
teeth,
Shouldn't
the
plural
of
booth
be
beeth?
It's
one
goose,
two
geese.
Why
not
one
moose,
two
meese?
If
it's
one
index,
two
indices;
why
not
one
Kleenex,
two
Kleenices?
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
You
can
comb
through
the
annals
of
history,
but
not
just
one
annal
You
can
make
amends,
but
not
just
one
amend
If
you
have
a
bunch
of
odds
and
ends
and
Get
rid
of
all
but
one,
is
it
an
odd
or
an
end?
If
the
teacher
taught,
why
isn't
it
true
that
a
preacher
praught?
If
you
wrote
a
letter,
did
you
also
bote
your
tongue?
And
if
a
vegetarian
eats
vegetables,
what
does
a
humanitarian
eat?
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
Why
is
it
that
night
falls
but
never
Breaks
and
day
breaks
but
never
falls?
In
what
other
language
do
people
drive
On
the
parkway
and
park
on
the
driveway?
Ship
by
truck
but
send
cargo
by
ship?
Recite
at
a
play
but
play
at
a
recital?
Have
noses
that
run
and
feet
that
smell?
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
How
can
a
slim
chance
and
a
fat
chance
be
the
same
When
a
wise
man
and
a
wise
guy
are
very
different?
To
overlook
something
and
to
oversee
something
are
very
different
But
quite
a
lot
and
quite
a
few
are
the
same
How
can
the
weather
be
hot
as
hell
one
day
and
cold
as
hell
the
next?
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
You
have
to
marvel
at
the
lunacy
of
a
Language
in
which
your
house
can
burn
down
While
it
is
burning
up.
You
fill
out
a
form
by
filling
it
in
In
which
your
alarm
clock
goes
off
by
going
on
If
pro
is
the
opposite
of
con,
what
is
the
opposite
of
progress?
Well,
English
was
invented
by
people,
not
computers
And
reflects
the
creativity
of
the
human
race
So
that's
why
when
the
stars
are
out,
they're
visible
But
when
the
lights
are
out,
they're
invisible
When
I
wind
up
my
watch
I
start
it,
but
when
I
wind
up
this
rap
I
end
it.
English
is
cuh-ray-zee!
1 Peg and Awl
2 The Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)
3 The Sinking of the Reuben James
4 Listen Mr. Bilbo
5 Hold the Line
6 Passing Through
7 Coal Creek March / Pay Day at Coal Creek / Roll Down the Line (medley)
8 I Come and Stand At Every Door
9 Times A-Getting Hard
10 Little Boxes
11 From Way Up Here
12 The Battle of Maxton Field
13 My Get Up and Go
14 The Bells of Rhymney
15 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
16 Guantanamera
17 There Once Was a Woman Who Swallowed a Lie
18 Wasn't That a Time
19 Viva La Quince Brigada
20 Wimoweh
21 English is Cuh-Ray-Zee (English is Crazy)
22 Odds On Favorite
23 A Little of This and That
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