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 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 so to us
Will be done by our fellow man.
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week
Oh, the white folks
Hate the black folks.
And the black folks,
Hate the white folks
To hate all but the right folks
Is an old established rule
But during...
National Brotherhood Week
National Brotherhood Week
Lena Horn and Sheriff Clark are dancing cheek to cheek, it’s
Fun to eulogize the
People you despise
As long you don’t let them in your school.
Oh, the poor folks, hate the rich folks
And the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks.
It’s american as apple pie.
But during...
National Brotherhood Week
National Brotherhood Week
New Yorkers Love the Puerto Ricans ‘cause it’s very chique
Stand up and shake the hand of
Someone you can’t stand
You can tolerate him if you try.
Oh the protestants hate the catholics
And the catholics hate the protestants
And the hindus hate the muslims
And everybody hates the jews, but during
National Brotherhood Week
National Brotherhood Week its
National everyone smile at
One another-hood week, be
Nice to people who are
Inferior to you. it’s only for a week so have no fear
Be grateful that it doesn’t last all year
“And Texas needs rain.” We have had a LOT of rain lately and temps dropped from highs of 108 to 78 here, NW of Austin. And the Gulf coast got drenched/flooded lately.
I saw the Kingston Trio perform that in about 1966.
A Kingston Trio song, the Merry Minuet I believe