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Thread #55429 Message #862093
Posted By: Bill D
08-Jan-03 - 07:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who loathes the USA: A quiz from the BBC
Subject: RE: BS: Who loathes the USA: A quiz from the BBC
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.