Anybody old enough to remember this from the Kingston Trio? (mp3)

[karlrschneider]

http://home.valornet.com/krs/minuet.mp3

[unblock]

1. of course, and i knew which one it was before i opened it up!

alas, it never ceases to be relevant....

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Sadly, I don't have a sound card

in this computer. Would you kindly let me know which song it is?

[karlrschneider]

6. Oh, sorry, it's called The Merry Minuet

There are plenty of places to find the lyrics, just Google it
:D

[babylonsister]

3. Yes! While I don't remember it per se, I did

download that tune in the days before it became illegal to do so. Pretty timely today though.

[Swamp Rat]

4. Great tune

:)

[madfloridian]

5. Lyrics

The Merry Minuet
The Kingston Trio
Words and Music by Sheldon Harnick

-From their 1959 LP "From the Hungry"


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.

[karlrschneider]

8. Thanks Maddy, I should've included them.

;-)

[Solo_in_MD]

19. Minuscule nit pick

Its "...Hungry I" in San Francisco which last time I wandered by there was a skin joint...*Sigh*

[madfloridian]

20. I just saw that.

I did not notice it when I posted it.

Too late to edit. I guess I just assumed the I was there as I knew the album well.

I am going to check Amazon to see if it is available. I downloaded an album from emusic tonight to make hubby a cd....but is not the original songs from the hungry i.

[Cleita]

7. Oh yea, I be old enough.

That was one of our favorite sing-a-long songs when I was in college.

[dipsydoodle]

9. I'm old enough but don't recall it.

No - not penile dementia like Monkeyboy - just not heard it before. :)

[Buck Turgidson]

10. Oh, yeah! I remember.

[MamaBear]

11. Oh, yes!

That one is one of my favorites. Thanks for the memory. :D

[tinfoilinfor2005]

12. Yes, of course.

But it did surprise me to hear how little has changed. :yoiks:

[ljm2002]

13. I, too, am old enough...

...and I knew what it was going to be before opening it for a listen.

Thanks for the link!

Oh and yes, it is amazing how relevant it still is.

[madfloridian]

14. It brings tears.

It is just too too pertinent.

Sometimes I think older folks like my hubby and me will probably never recover from what has been done to this country.

Even people in their 40s seem to be concerned, but not overly.

The pain is deeper with older people.

I remember that song from when it was popular.

[yy4me]

15. Its hard to admit but I'm old enough too. Geez, you'd think

we would have learned a little since them. Guess 1960 is not that far behind us. Forty five years must not be long enough to realize that war is wrong and that we can indeed blow ourselves away.

[spartan61]

16. Oh my, I sure do remember it.

When I was in college, The Kingston Trio was the only music that was ever played. I knew the words to everyone of their songs. I have seen them several times in the past few years (only one original left and not sure if he is even still with the group.) My favorite album by the Kingston Trio is still "From the Hungry I." The Merry Minuet is on that album. The words to that song are sure prophetic today, aren't they?

[brook]

17. Yup.

I frequented the Troubador in Los Angeles in the 60's and caught the Kingston Trio every time they were in town. Either it was because I was younger that things seemed 'bad' but not 'dire' - or age has taken some of the bloom off my optimism. I just never felt as angry or dispairing as I have during the * years.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. I prefer MTA...it's what my old Mom and Dad used to play on the "record

player" (I think they called it). Something to do with vinyl and a needle...Very weird, in any case.

:P

[mykpart]

21. It's one of my all-time favorite songs.

For some reason, I thought it was Smothers Brothers.