Why Can't the English? (My Fair Lady)

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Alan Jay Lerner
composer:Frederick Loewe
publisher:Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
later translated versions:Kann denn die Kinder keiner lehren, wie man spricht
Los ingleses no quieren aprender
later versions:Is hier nu niemand
part of:My Fair Lady (full musical)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1956-03-25Overture / Why Can’t the EnglishOrchestra / Rex Harrison5:41
1956-03-25Why Can’t the English?Rex Harrison, Robert Coote & Julie Andrews2:41
1959-02-01Overture / Why Can’t the English?Orchestra / Rex Harrison5:37
1959-02-01Why Can’t the English?Rex Harrison, Robert Coote2:47
1959-02-01Why Can’t the English?Rex Harrison2:50
1964-04-14 – 1964-04-17Why Can’t the English? (Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, Colonel Pickering)Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Wilfrid Hyde‐White2:34
1987Overture... Why Can't the English?Sir John Gielgud, Jeremy Irons, Kiri Te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri, David Beavan7:04
Overture / Why Can’t the English?cover[unknown]?:??
Overture: Why Can’t the EnglishIan Richardson5:29
Why Can't The EnglishThe Knightsbridge Theatre Orchestra And Chorus?:??
Why Can't the English?Lerner & Loewe2:39
Why Can't the English?Denis Quilley1:39
Why Can’t the EnglishAlec McCowen, National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards2:52
Why Can’t the English?Tony Britton?:??
Why Can’t the English?The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast2:41