One of my dad’s favorites.
The Merry Minuet
They’re rioting in Africa, They’re starving in Spain
There’s hurricanes in Florida, And Texas needs rainThis 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 muchBut we can be tranquil and thankful and proud
For Man’s been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud
And we can be certain that some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off…and we will all be blown awayThey’re rioting in Africa, There’s strife in Iran
What Nature doesn’t do to us will be done by our Fellow Man.
Add a little jihad to that, and it would be plenty updated.
I know I’ve said this already.






