All Mixed Up Songtext
von Pete Seeger

You know this language that we speak
Is part German, part Latin, and part Greek
With some Celtic and Arabic and Scandinavian all in a heap
Well amended by the people in the street
Choctaw gave us the word "okay"
"Vamos" is a word from Mexico way

And all of this is a hint, I suspect
Of what comes next

I think that this whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin′ mixed up
Soon mama my whole world

Soon mama my whole wide world


Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin' mixed up
Soon mama my whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin′ mixed up

I like Polish sausage, I like Spanish rice
Pizza pie is also nice
Corn and beans from the Indians here
Washed down by some German beer
Marco Polo traveled by camel and pony
Brought to Italy the first macaroni

And you and I as well as we're able
Put it all on the table

I think that this whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin' mixed up

There were no red-headed Irishmen
Before the Vikings landed in Ireland
How many Romans had dark curly hair
Before they brought slaves from Africa
No race on earth is completely pure
Nor is anyone′s mind, and that′s for sure


The winds mix the dust of every land
And so will woman and man

I think that this whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin' mixed up

Oh, this doesn′t mean we must all be the same
We'll have different faces and different names
Long live many different kinds of races
And difference of opinion that makes us races
Just remember the rule about rules, brother
What′s right with one is wrong with another

And take a tip from "La belle France"
"Vive la vie France"

I think that this whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin' mixed up
Soon mama my whole world
Soon mama my whole wide world
Soon mama my whole world
Soon gonna be gettin′ mixed up