We’ll All Be A-Doubling Songtext
von Pete Seeger

Two times two is four
Two times four is eight
Two times eight is sixteen
And the hour is getting late

We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years

Twice sixteen is thirty-two
Next comes sixty-four
Next comes a hundred and twenty-eight
Do we need to hear more?

We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We′ll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years


Next comes two hundred and fifty-six
Next five hundred and twelve
Next a thousand twenty-four
Figure it out yourself!

We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years

Keep doubling ten more generations
You can have children more than a million
Keep on doubling another twenty
Your children are over a trillion!

We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We′ll all be a-doubling in forty-two years

Either people will have to get smaller
Or the world′s gonna have to get bigger
There's a couple other possibilities
Leave it for you to figure


We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
We′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years

I snuck into the Vatican
I whispered in John Paul′s ear
He sat up with a shout, "is that you, God?!"
And sung out for all to hear

We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We'll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
They′ll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
They′ll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
Sing it again!
We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We′ll all be a-doubling in forty-two years
We'll all be a-doubling, a-doubling, a-doubling
We′ll all be a-doubling in forty-two years