All Mixed Up

Some people are using DNA testing for all the wrong reasons.

I was getting annoyed reading the above article, then I remembered a Pete Seeger's song that I haven't listened to in a while (misplaced the CD in the latest move). Below are the words, and you can listen to a snippet here.

Finally, here's a little story that Seeger tells:

"A man asked where he could find a restaurant serving pizza. He was directed down the street, and when he got there, it was a Chinese restaurant. He went in anyway, and sure enough, they had very good pizza. He asked the waiter, 'How come a Chinese restaurant serves pizza?' The waiter replied 'Well, you see, we have a large Jewish clientele.'"

ALL MIXED UP

You know this language that we speak,
is part German, Latin and part Greek
Celtic and Arabic all in a heap,
well amended by the people in the street
Choctaw gave us the word "okay";
"Vamose" is a word from Mexico way.
And all of this is a hint I suspect of what comes next.

Chorus:
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.

I like Polish sausage, I like Spanish rice,
and pizza pie is also nice
Corn and beans from the Indians here
washed down by German beer
Marco Polo traveled by camel and pony,
he brought to Italy, the first macaroni
And you and I as well as we're able,
we put it all on the table

(Chorus)

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 of man is completely pure,
nor is anyone's mind, that's for sure
The winds mix the dust of every land,
and so will woman and man.

(Chorus)

This doesn't mean we will all be the same,
We'll have different faces and different names
Long live many different kinds of races
It's difference of opinion that makes horse races
Just remember the rule about rules, brother
What could be right for one could be wrong for the other
And take a tip from La Belle France: "Viva la difference!"

(Chorus)

Words and Music by Pete Seeger (1960)
© 1965 (renewed) by Stormking Music Inc.