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Thread #115413   Message #2475756
Posted By: Bat Goddess
25-Oct-08 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: 1950s novelty songs
Subject: ADD: The Merry Minuet ^^^
How about "Merry Minuet" recorded by the Kingston Trio in 1959 at the Hungry i?

THE MERRY MINUET^^^
(Words and Music by Sheldon Harnick)

Still, alas, as timely today as it was then --

They're rioting in Africa (whistling)
They're starving in Spain (whistling)
There's hurricanes in Florida (whistling)
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 tranquil and thankful and proud
For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud
And we know for certain that some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off
And we will all be blown away.

They're rioting in Africa (whistling)
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't do to us
Will be done by our fellow man.