We and They
Addapted from a poem by Rudyard Kipling Music arranged by Leslie Fish

Father and Mother and Me
Sister and Auntie Say
All of the people like us are we
and everyone else is they.
And they live over the sea
while we live over the way.
But -would you believe it-
They look upon we as only a sort of they.

We eat pork and beef
with cow-horned handled knives
They who gobble rice off a leaf
are horrified out of their lives.
They we live up a tree,
and feast upon grubs and clay
-isn't it scandalous- look upon we
as a simply disgusting they.

We shoot birds with a gun.
They stick lions with spears. (Roar!)
Their full dress is 'Un.
We dress up to our ears.
They like their friends for tea.
We like our friends to stay.
And after all that
They look upon we
as an utterly ignorant they.

We eat kitcheny food.
We have doors that latch.
They drink milk or blood
under an open thatch.
We have doctors to fee.
They have wizards to pay.
And -impudent heathan-
they look upon we
as a quite impossible they.

All good people agree,
and all good people say
That all nice people like us are we
and everyone else is they.
But if you cross over the sea
instead of over the way.
you may end by -think of it-
looking on us as only a sort of they.
you may end by -horrible-
looking on us as only a sort of they.