A timeless song: The Merry Minuet

[trof]

I first heard the Kingston Trio do this back in the 60s.
It seems to be as true now as it was then.
And possibly always will be.
:-(

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.

[Lars39]

1. Had to look it up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhaDtSBmIrI&feature=PlayList&p=755AEB284316A015&playnext=1&index=1

Haven't come very far as a species, have we?

[trof]

2. Not very. Kingston Trio was (is) my favorite folk group.

Thanks for the link.