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| 1959 Sheldon Harnick wrote this for the Kingston Trio in 1959 when nuclear-armed American and Russian bombers were in the air 24 hours a day, ready to destroy each other, and everyone else, at a moment's notice. |
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| 2019 Te Mihaia updated the words of this song after Greta Thunberg addressed the United Nations. I'm still waiting for someone to send me a recording of this version. Email me. |
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| There’s massacres in Africa,
There’s refugees in Spain, There's lockdowns in Godzoneland, Australia needs rain. The whole world is suffering from scoring own goals Super cyclones in the tropics, heat waves at the poles. The Amazon is burning, there’s darn-all honey bees "And I eat rump steak and big-block cheese!" But we can be tranquil, and thankful, and proud, For man has created a greenhouse-shaped cloud. And we know for certain that some lovely day The South Pole will have melted "An' we’ll all jus' float away!" Everyone is consuming as much as they can, Nature used to care for us, "Then along came modern man!"  |
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There’s massacres in Africa (cheerful whistle refrain) C G C D7 G There’s refugees in Spain (more mindless whistling) G D7 G G D7 G There's lockdowns in Godzoneland, (twee twitwi-twitwi twee twee!) G C D7 G C D7 G Australia needs rain. (and yet more twittering!) D7 The whole world is suffering G from scoring own goals C G Super cyclones in the tropics, C D7 heat waves at the poles. D7 G The Amazon is burning, C G there’s darn-all honey bees C D7 G D7 G And I eat rump steak and big-block cheese! G C But we can be tranquil A7 D And thankful and proud C G That man has created C D7 a greenhouse shaped cloud G C A7 D And we know for certain that some lovely day C G The South Pole will have melted C D7 G C D7 G And we'll all jus' float away! G
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We're all still consuming, C G C D7 G as much as we can G D7 G D7 G Nature used to care for us..... C D7 G then along came modern man! |
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Published on Folksong.org.nz in October 2019