Merry Minuet: Help Needed
I've wanted to record The Kingston Trio's "Merry Minuet" for years. But, as you can see, the lyrics are a bit stale:
They're rioting in AfricaSo, I'd like your help for ideas. So far, this is what I've got. Any suggestions for changes? TIA!
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 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
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't do to us
Will be done by our fellow man
They're starving in Africa
They're rioting in Spain
There's hurricanes in New Orleans
And Bangladesh needs rain
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls
Algerians hate the French, the French hate the Poles
Croatians hate Serbians, Islamists 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 starving in Africa
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't do to us
Will be done by our fellow man
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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