The History of Fairs

"The History of Fairs" is a song written by Mel Leven for the Walt Disney anthology series episode "Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair" and is sung by The Hi-Lo's.
It featured in animated sequence that details a history of fairs dating back to pre-historic man, Ancient Greece and Rome, and Prince Albert's first incarnation of the World's Fair.
==Lyrics==
Prehistoric drawings show
That fairs had started long ago
When stone age tribes would meet trade
Choice foods and articles they had made
Among the inventions most profound
We find the early merry go round
Around, around, around, around and a round and around and around AND SPLAT
When fire was discovered there
it was a hot attraction of the fair
To hold a fair was good excuse
for men at war to call a truce
they’d meet and trade no more at odds
Then stealing too would irk the gods
And so the fair ground got its name
For peaceful purpose was its aim
In time the fair ground grew so fair
That a criminal could never be arrested there
Now from Grecian art we learn
The ancient Greeks gave fairs a boost
Olympic games were introduced
The greeks displayed lutes and flutes
Spoken: Glassware, Carpets, and metal suits
The Romans added to the fair
The entertaining dancing bear
Jugglers too became well known
A feature of the popular amusement zone
The carousel dreamed of in France
Became the fair grounds for romance
(Oui oui, Non, non, non, non 3x)
London frost fairs held its price
By holding fairs on ice
From London Bridge how folks would cheer
At the unexpected break up of the fair each year.
Old steel engravings now reveal
How industry progressed
Ideas by great men of zeal
Were forcefully expressed
T'was at this time Prince Albert sold his one great plan in life
To the queen of England
Happened to be his wife
“Come in” Queen Victoria said that May first morn
In 1851 the first world’s fair was born
The most impressive sight of all
Was one great exhibition hall
The Crystal Palace was designed
Spoken: By a greenhouse builder with a one-track mind
Beside great nations on display
Was little up start USA
So proud to have the whole world see
Examples of the Yankee ingenuity
Spoken: The Reaper by McCormick, The revolver by Colt, false teeth by Gum
Though Albert’s fair achieved success
Because of man’s inventiveness
One sour note that drew wise cracks
Was a Belgian cat named Anton Sax.
Other countries grew inspired
Imaginations now were fired
Then on the worlds fair scene one day
An exhibition came to Philidelphi-Yay
One hundred years of liberty
America went on a spree
The famous statue France had planned
Spoken:" Was still unfinished so they sent a hand
Ulysses Grant turned on the steam
For power was the great fair theme
On Alex Bell’s first telephone
This simple phrase became well known
Spoken: "Sorry Wrong number"
George Eastman’s gadget turned out fine
And at the fair of eighty-nine
All cameras turned a skyward tilt
To snap the structure that Eiffel built
Chicago’s theme in ninety-three
Was Christopher’s discovery
This exposition set the stage
To usher in the new electric age
Chicago’s fair made people reel
They went up air
On Ferris’ revolving wheel
A big hit of the fair
And Thomas Alva’s phonograph, and young man Henry's Ford
Along with other inventions went practically ignored
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