They're Rioting In Africa

In 1958, The Kingston Trio recorded a live performance of the "Merry Minuet" at the Hungry i in San Francisco. The song was originally written by Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who also wrote "Fiddler on the Roof."

For some reason, we starting singing this last night while watching the Lehrer Report. Sad.

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"