Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Harry Belafonte
Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/merry-minuet
Related lyric paths: 6
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Merry Minuet
Read Merry Minuet lyrics by Harry Belafonte on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Merry Minuet
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They're rioting in Africa (whistling)
They're starving in Spain (whistling)
They're hurricanes in Cuba (whistling)
And China needs rain (whistling)
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls
The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles
The Yugoslavs hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch
And I don't like Governor Wallace very much
But you can be tranquil and thankful and proud
For man's been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud
Au revoir monsieur president de Gaulle
I tell you to sign the treaty sweetie
And we know for certain that some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off
And we shall all be blown away
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Harry Belafonte performs "Merry Minuet", and this lyric page sits inside the Harry Belafonte catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Marianne and The Night Has A 1000 Eyes with a short reason for opening each page next.
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