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

[David Lennick]

Theirs was the first version I heard, in fact.

dl

RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> 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"
>>>