The Merry Minuet

The Kingston Trio

Words and Music by Sheldon Harnick



-From their 1959 LP "From the Hungry"



Theyre rioting in Africa (whistling)

Theyre starving in Spain (whistling)

Theres 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 DONT LIKE ANYBODY VERY MUCH!!



But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud

For mans 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!!



Theyre rioting in Africa (whistling)

Theres strife in Iran

What nature doesnt so to us

Will be done by our fellow *man*---



Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net