Look at her
A pris'ner of
The gutters
Condemned by
Ev'ry syllable
She utters
By right
She should be
Taken out
And hung
For the cold-blooded
Murder of the
English tongue
Aooooow
Heavens
What a noise
This is what the
British population
Calls an elementary
Education
Come sir I think
You picked a
Poor example
Did I
Hear them down
On Soho Square
Dropping aitches
Ev'rywhere
Speaking English
Any way they like
You sir did you
Go to school
What ya tike
Me fer a fool
No one taught him
"Take" instead of
"Tike"
Hear a Yorkshire
Man or worse
Hear a Cornish
Man converse
I'd rather hear
A choir
Singing flat
Chickens cackling
In a barn just
Like this one
Garn
Garn
I ask you sir what
Sort of word is that
It's "Aoooow"
And "Garn"
That keeps her
In her place
Not her
Wretched clothes
Or dirty face
Why can't
The English teach
Their children
How to speak
This verbal class
Distinction
By now should be
Antique
If you spoke
As she does sir
Instead of
The way you do
You might be
Selling flowers
Too
An Englishman's
Way of speaking
Absolutely
Classifies him
The moment he talks
He makes some
Other Englishman
Despise him
One common
Language
I'm afraid we'll
Never get
Oh why can't
The English
Learn to
Set a good example
To people whose
English is painful
To your ear
The Scotch
And the lrish
Leave you
Close to tears
There are even
Places where
English completely
Disappears
In America
They haven't
Used it for years
Why can't the
English teach
Their children
How to speak
Norwegians learn
Norwegian
The Greeks are
Taught their Greek
In France
Ev'ry Frenchman
Knows his language
From "A" to "Zed"
The French never
Care what they
Do actually
As long as they
Pronounce it
Properly
Arabians learn
Arabian
With the speed of
Summer lightning
The Hebrews
Learn it backwards
Which is absolutely
Frightning
Use proper English
You're regarded
As a freak
Why can't
The English
Why can't
The English
Learn to speak