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Songs written by the Montreal Raging Grannies |
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| Grandmother's Squawk (Sung to the tune of "Grandfather's Clock") Ces grandsmères en colère...selon leur manière |
| Singing Dirty (Sung to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean") We were invited to sing you a song We're excited and terribly keen. As Grannies we're pure, sweet and simple Yet we rage at a government mean. (shout out individually) Unemployment - Poverty - Pollution - Downsizing - Over-consumption - Cuts to education, pensions and medicare - Hungry kids - Slave labour here and abroad - Toxic waste - Violence against women...(all together) And War! The banks make billions in profit The money is there for the rich They pay a mere token in taxes Do you wonder that we sing and bitch? With these dirty facts of the last decade The choice is to think and to strive As Canadians, we must save our country By keeping these issues alive. (shout out individually) Talk to your neighbours - Take a stand, write letters - Call your local radio and public television station - Put it on your church agenda - Write an opinion piece for your local newspaper - Shop with the planet in mind - Join with others to save Canada (and the world!). (all together) We need you! BACK TO TOP  |
| Canaries In the Mine (Sung to the tune of "McNamara's Band") We're part of a big experiment that goes on all the time We don't know what the results will be - we can only hope they're fine What we add to our environment is certainly not benign. It's beginning to feel a bit unreal - to be canaries in the mine! Chorus: Just want t'say - Hey! No way! We don't want to be canaries in the mine. There are pesticides in breast milk and genetics are upset. We worry about our grandkids - that's why we RAGE - you bet! As we strip away resources and heat the atmosphere; We hope we don't discovere there's no way back from here. Chorus: Just want t'say - There's a way - Strong environmental policities ev'ry time! Demand strict regulations; make industry toe the line. The only hope for survival is a brand new paradigm. It's up to us to make a fuss - we must save the Earth! Will we meet the challenge or what's the future worth? Chorus: Just want t'say - There's a way - Strong environmental policites ev'ry time! Then - we won't have to be canaries in the mine! BACK TO TOP |
| Our Romanow Manifesto (Sung to the tune of "Rueben Rueben") Dear Mr. Romanow, hear our song-- GRANNIES WANT OUR MEDICARE BACK! Now's the time for national action... And government dough to take up the slack! The bottom line is lack of money... Scooped out to fund the DEFICIT So pay it back... Hey! What's so funny We need a healthy medicare kit. Prevention is the missing element Environmental toxins play a role So fund research to clean up, green up By taking our planet off the dole. Tops in our Romanow Manifesto We want Medicare back in the black. We know Big-Pharma's evil karma- Helped throw the whole thing out of whack! (Keep it) accessible and public funded Reject the costlier U.S. style. Insurance companies making their millions While the poor get sicker and remain on file. One thing seems to have really missed 'em So PAY ATTENTION...s'il vous plaît... Our tax bucks have built the system We're asking you NOT to give it away. Our tax bucks have built the system We're asking you NOT to give it away. BACK TO TOP |