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THEY'RE RIOTING IN AFRICA (THE MERRY MINUET) (Sheldon Harnick) Intro: There are days in my life when everything is dreary I grow pessimistic, sad and world weary. But when I'm tearful and fearfully upset I always sing this merry little minuet: They're rioting in Africa They're starving in Spain There's hurricanes in Florida And Texas needs rain. The whole world is festering With unhappy souls The French hate the Germans, The Germans hate the Poles Italians hate Yugoslavs South Africans hate the Dutch And I don't like anybody very much But we can be grateful And thankful and proud That man's been endowed With a mushroom shaped cloud And we know for certain That some happy day Someone will set the spark off And we will all be blown away They're rioting in Africa There's strife in Iran What nature doesn't do to us Will be done by our fellow man. ----------------------------------------------------------------- We think this was done by the Kingston Trio back in the 60's. Sad to say, much of it is still true today Copyright Alley Music Corp. and Trio Music co., Inc. Sung By Ellie Stone ca. 1958. RG. Also recorded by Belafonte on At the Greek Theatre @war @political @humor filename[ RIOTAFR DC |
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