The Merry Minuet
You can learn a lot about a person from their favorite song. Here’s mine.
The Merry Minuet (Composed by Sheldon Harnick in 1958 and Popularized by the Kingston Trio)
They’re rioting in Africa.
They’re starving in Spain.
There’s hurricanes in Florida.
In Texas it’s 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 thankful and tranquil and proud
that Man’s been endowed with the 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.
There’s strife in Iran.
What nature doesn’t do to us
will be done by our fellow man!
Deja vue!
Posted on September 11, 2017, in disillusionment, fear for the future, Gifts of Age, historical perspective, Political, prejudices, the future, Truth in humor and tagged composer Sheldon Harnick, favorite song from 1958, history repeating, Kingston Trio, Merry Minuet, nuclear war, rioting, There's hurricanes in Florida. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
Sadly, it’s still appropriate. I have a favourite song of the moment, or the month; for a while now I have been in love with this song, You Belong to Me. Here it is sung especially for me by my daughter https://youtu.be/cWKQJYHaz3M I love Jo Stafford’s version too.
My computer is currently not playing videos. Pooh.
Perhaps you know the song anyway. 🙂
Yes, I remember the Jo Stafford version. And did Dean Martin do it too? Beautiful song. Wish I could hear your daughter sing it.
He did indeed.
I remember this! I mentally sang the lines to the tune as I read them. Frightening reminder of a possibility still hovering over us.