Track Title:               Western People Funny


Prime Artist:              Unknown
Lyrics by:                 Oscar Hammerstein II     (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)
Music by:                  Richard Rodgers
From the Show:             The King and I  1951 (S)

From the Film:             The King and I  1956 (M)
Lyrics:
[Thiang]
To prove we're not barbarians
They dress us up like savages
To prove we're not barbarians
We wear a funny skirt
Ah........h

[Wives]
To prove we're not barbarians
They dress us up like savages
To prove we're not barbarians
We wear a funny skirt

[Thiang]
Western People Funny
Western People Funny
Western People Funny
Of that there is no doubt
They feel so sentimental
About the Oriental
They always try to turn us
Inside down down and upside out

[Wives]
Upside out and inside down

[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........h

[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

[Thiang]
They think they civilise us
Ah........h
Whenever they advise us
To learn to make the same mistake
That they are making too
A.......h

[All]
They make quite a few

Contributed by Carlene Bogle