Western People Funny - 1951 - The King And I

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 26 Nov 2001

[Cue: Lady Thiang: 'Whatever Mrs. Anna
wants us to do is wise and good, but this...
is a puzzlement.

[Lady Thiang:] To prove we're not barbarians,
they dress us up like savages!
To prove we're not barbarians,
we wear a funny skirt!

[Wives] To prove we're not barbarians,
they dress us up like savages!
To prove we're not barbarians,
we wear a funny skirt!

Western people funny,
Western people funny,
Western people funny,
of that there is no doubt.
[Lady Thiang:] They feel so sentimental,
about the oriental,
they always try to turn us
inside down and upside out.

[Wives:] Upside out and inside down.

[Lady Thiang:] To bruise and pinch
our little toes,
our feet are cramped in leather shoes,
they'd break if we had brittle toes,
but now they only hurt, Ah!

[Wives:] To bruise and pinch
our little toes,
our feet are cramped in leather shoes,
they'd break if we had brittle toes,
but now they only hurt,

Western people funny,
Western people funny,
Western people funny,
Too funny to be true!

They think they civilize us,
whenever they advise us,
to learn to make the same mistake
that they are making too!

[All:] They think they civilize us,
whenever they advise us,
to learn to make the same mistake
that they are making too!

They make quite a few!

[Exit Music]

[Repeat ad lib]

[Fade as King enters]

Soft karaoke
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Western People Funny 1951
The King And I
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
© 1951 Williamson Music Inc.
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Sequence and Karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne
in London UK on Monday 26 Nov 2001 at 13.07
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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