[78-L] it's all about something or another... I forget...

[David Lennick]

Not on 78, but Charlotte Rae recorded it in 1955..that version is now on a 
Naxos CD along with other songs from John Murray Anderson's Almanac, filler to 
"The Pajama Game". (There's a connection, but it takes too long to explain.)

dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> I don't think this one actually made it on to 78, but maybe.
> In any case it pretty much sums up my take on all the (^%%@$$&^%(&*  
> idiot political posts recently on 78L that have nothing to do with 78's 
> and/or the recording business.
> Grow up.
> Malcolm "who don't let his cynicism hit him in the ass on the way out" R
> 
> *******
> 
> The Merry Minuet
> 
> Originally written by Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who also wrote 
> Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!, "She Loves Me" with composer Jerry 
> Bock. This satire was introduced by Orson Bean in the 1953 revue John 
> Murray Anderson 's Almanac.
> 
> 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
> 
> They're rioting in Africa (whistling)
> They're starving in Spain (whistling)
> There's hurricanes in Flo-ri-da (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 so to us
> Will be done by our fellow "man"
> 
> 
>