The More Things Change

Today is just a reminder that in basic ways, things still stay the same.  This was popular over 40 years ago.

The Merry Minuet (They're Rioting in Africa)

Written by:Sheldon Harnick  

Intro: 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.