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

[RAY KILCOYNE]

Also done by the Kingston Trio and found on many of their compilations, LP 
and I would assume CD.
RayK
>
From: "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"
>>
>>
>>
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