Melting Pot
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Melting Pot by Blue Mink
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I almost didn’t add this. Read on…
In 1969 and on into the 70s this was upheld as an anthem to racial harmony. Revisiting it in 2013, it shocked me that it is an anthem to the ingrained racist language on the time.
Maybe the lovely Madeline Bell would like to re-record it for our time?
Melting Pot Lyrics
Take a pinch of White man
Wrap it up in Black skin
Add a touch of blue blood
And a little bitty-bit of Red Indian boy
Curly Latin kinkies
Mixed with yellow Chinkees
If you lump it all together
Well, you've got a recipe for a get-along scene
Oh what a beautiful dream
If it could only come true
You know, you know
CHORUS
What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough to take the world and all it's got
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
And turn out coffee-coloured people by the score
Rabbis and the Friars
Bishops and the Gurus
You got The Beatles or the Sun God
Well it really doesn't matter what religion you choose
Mick and Lady Faithfull
Lord and Mrs Graceful
You know the living could be tasteful
We should all get together in a loving machine
I'd better call up the Queen
It's only fair that she knows
You know, you know
CHORUS (x 3)
Melting Pot Q&A
When did Blue Mink release Melting Pot?
Blue Mink released Melting Pot on Wed Jan 01 1969.