Kingston Trio Lyrics

    ------ About the song M.T.A. performed by Kingston Trio

Still remember those voices crashing though that chorus coming out of the old record player (what are THOSE!?) in Mom's kitchen! The visual images can't be beat by any of today's songs! "...through the open window, hands Charlie a sandwich..." Oh, man... beauty!

    ------ About the song Zombie Jamboree performed by Kingston Trio

The error is not biblical, but typographical: It should read "I don't give a dam ..."
The phrase "I don't give a dam." is short for "I don't give a tinker's dam."; a "tinker's dam" is a small piece of tin or pewter, about the size of a BB which is to be melted into a crack or hole in a pot, mug, or other utensil. In other words, an insignificant thing.

    ------ About the song The Merry Minuet performed by Kingston Trio

I seem to remember that the song went"...hate the Dutch. And I don't like anybody very much."
Also, "mushroom-shaped cloud. And we can be sure that some lovely day,Someone will set the spark off--And we will all be blown away."

I think the song was subtitled "John Foster Dulles".

    ------ About the song Mary Mild performed by Kingston Trio

Actually, the virgin Mary was TOO mild! Mild to a fault! She should have refused to complete the pregnancy and give birth unless the BIOLOGICAL father was identified. One reason why the Jews rejected Jesus, and treated him as a Mamsa, was because the biological father was not identified. Mary couldn't tell them who the father was because she herself didn't know. It is spiritually conceived, without physical contact. Not impossible scientifically. But scientifically, the chromosomes (sperms) had to come from somebody somehow. Mary's parents and the Sanhydrin should have found out how it happened and who the father was. If they had prayed to God to reveal it, it would have been revealed.

    ------ About the song The Merry Minuet performed by Kingston Trio

Who rewrote these lyrics? Much as I admire Plan International, this is inexcusable. It changes the entire sense of the song, which was (and remains) a clever take on the state of the world.

    ------ About the song Take Her Out of Pity performed by Kingston Trio

To which sister does "she" refer in the third verse? Since the song is about Sarah, the line "...I leave it up to you if she is not worth having" is a nice conclusion to the song that she, Sarah, would be a desirable wife. However, the verse indicates that "she" is married, whereas in the second verse Sarah has "never had an offer". If "she" is Sally, then it seems odd to conclude the song with Sally's virtues when it is Sarah who someone should "take out of pity".

    ------ About the song The Merry Minuet performed by Kingston Trio

I ask because whoever posted this has altered the last two verses to make it optimistic and has inserted a religious implication absent in the original. The original ends "there's rioting in Africa, there's strife in Iran; what nature doesn't do to us, will be done by our fellow man." You can agree or disagree with the implications ,but it's shitty to swap out the verses for something you like better, without confessing the vandalism.

    ------ About the song Zombie Jamboree performed by Kingston Trio

I am preparing to perform this song at a Halloween festival. It is a good seasonal song. I never considered it before because I have always avoided songs that take the Lord's name in vain. However, the error in the lyrics gave me a good idea to rehabilitate the song and make it acceptable to those who wish to follow biblical commandments. (Error - what error?) Well, as recorded by the Kingston Trio, they sang "I don't give ... 'cause I've done that already."
Thanks to the incorrect rendition above, I shall now sing it this way:
"I don't really care, 'cause it doesn't matter really."
My thanks to the author of the error, who made it possible for me to perform a song that I have heretofore avoided for 40 years.

    ------ About the song No One to Talk My Troubles to performed by Kingston Trio

I heard this song on the radio and the terrible chorus bothered me so much I had to say something. Why was it so important to the writer that he use such terrible English, I can not see any reason why the word tell could not have been used in place of talk?

    ------ About the song The Merry Minuet performed by Kingston Trio

I remember when my parents bought their stereo console. Came with a bunch of albums, The Best of the Kingston Trio among them. Along with The Irish Rovers, it was my favorite. I think The Merry Minuet was my favorite song even though I was 10 at the time. I had a keen awareness of the world as it was at the time, and I thought, what a perfect synopsis of what was going on back then. Everybody hated everyone else back then. Still pretty much true, sad to say.