I've been so sad
Since you said my accent was bad
He's worn a frown
This Caledonia clown
I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxen ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'are' away
You say that if I want to get ahead
The language I use should he left for dead
It doesn't please your ears
And though you tell it like a leg pull
I think your still full of John Bull
You just refuse to bear
Some days I stand
On your green and pleasant land
Now dare I show face
When my diction is such a disgrace
Oh what can I do
To be understood by you
Perhaps for some money
I could talk like a bee dripping honey.
Since you said my accent was bad
He's worn a frown
This Caledonia clown
I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxen ears don't grate
But I wouldn't know a single word to say
If I flattened all the vowels
And threw the 'are' away
You say that if I want to get ahead
The language I use should he left for dead
It doesn't please your ears
And though you tell it like a leg pull
I think your still full of John Bull
You just refuse to bear
Some days I stand
On your green and pleasant land
Now dare I show face
When my diction is such a disgrace
Oh what can I do
To be understood by you
Perhaps for some money
I could talk like a bee dripping honey.
Lyrics submitted by JamesD, edited by aj_corrigan, Shadowbrook
Throw the 'R' Away Lyrics as written by Craig Morris Reid Charles Stobo Reid
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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But I like it
They are constantly getting crap for their Scottish brogue and have been asked to change it a number of times but they stuck to their ground and said they were'nt going to create some fake American accent like alot of other artists do. To prove it, they made this clever and humerous song.
Again, one of my favourites! It's so clever and funny!
'I'm just going to have to learn to hesitate
To make sure my words
On your Saxen ears don't grate' I just adore this song!
"Your Saxon ears" clearly refers to the Saxons (like in the term Anglo-Saxon), ancestors of much of the modern southern English people.
Scotland and England have a long and contentious history and the Proclaimers have advocated for Scottish independence for a while now. They have another song called "Cap in Hand" which speaks directly to their resentment of English rule over Scotland.
(I'm American but I'm obsessed with Scotland. I would so much rather visit Glasgow or Edinburgh than England!)
Great song. Such a fun one!