JUST SAY NO! TO WAR
(Tune: “Ten Little Indians”)
One little, two little, three
little soldiers,
Marched off to war and never
got older.
It makes us sad and it makes
us bolder --
Just say NO to war!
One billion, two billion, three
billion dollars,
Wasted on war if we don’t
holler:
“You can go but we won’t follow!”
Just say NO to war!
Their kids, my kids, your kids,
too,
Facing death -- it’s up to
you!
Here’s what we all need to
do --
Just say NO to war!
MORE BUCKS FOR HOUSING
(Tune: “Betsy from Pike”)
There are millions of folks
sleeping out in the street.
Clutching their bundles, it’s
cold without heat,
No place to call home and
no bed for their head—
They’re lucky if some of them
even get fed.
When wages are too low to pay
the high rent,
And folks are left homeless,
not even a tent,
It’s time for a change, and
on that we agree.
More bucks for housing, not
military!
In this prosperous country,
now wouldn’t you think
We could house all the homeless
as quick as a wink,
If we weren’t spending billions
on weapons of war.
Attack Iraq? NO! Let’s first
feed the poor.
Attack Iraq? NO! Let’s first
feed the poor.
OH MY, THAT'S OUR GEORGIE
(Tune: “Yes Sir, That’s My
Baby”)
Oh my, that’s our Georgie
Havin’ a war-time orgy,
Oh my, that’s our Georgie
now.
Yes sir, he’s decided
No one else needs be invited
His war will be a one-two
pow!
By the way, by the way,
Did you hear what Georgie
did say.....
“United Nations? We don’t
need it!
World law? We don’t heed it!
Saddam needs to be defeated
now.”
Guess what? We don’t buy it!
The world needs peace and
quiet,
Not our bombs and not our
killing now.
By the way, by the way,
We’re the Raging Grannies
and we say...
War? No! Peace will top it!
Grannies ARE gonna stop it!
We are RAGING Grannies now!
TAKE ME OUT OF THE WAR GAME
(Tune: “Take Me Out to the
Ballgame”)
Take me out of the war game,
Let’s all leave in a crowd,
Let’s all say that we don’t
want to play
The price of conquest is too
high to pay,
And we’ll root, root, root
for life’s living,
If war games are sad it’s
a shame,
’Cause we’re one, two, three
saying “no!”
To the old war game.
Take me out of the war game,
Let’s go play with the kids,
There’s lots of them here
who need someone near
To feed them and hug them
and give them a cheer,
And we’ll root, root, root
for the small ones
And give our sport a new name:
Call it two, three, four billion
“nos”
To the old war game.
Join with us in a new game,
Bring your family and friends.
We’re just getting started,
we’re full of heart,
Come and join us, it’s time
for a start.
And let’s root, root, root
for life’s living,
Cause we’re out to stake a
new claim:
Let’s hear four, five, six
billion YELLS
For a NO WAR GAME!
YANKEE DOODLE GEORGIE
(Tune: “Yankee Doodle Dandy”)
Georgie Porgie is the prez
’Tho he was not elected.
Said he’d finish Daddy’s war
And thought he’d be respected.
Chorus:
Georgie
Porgie, you’re all wrong,
Bombs are
not the answer!
You can
take your stupid war
And stick
it in your pants, sir!
Georgie Porgie’s cutting taxes
For the country’s richest.
The poor will pay to fight
his war
While George saves his own
britches.
Chorus
Georgie Porgie’s sending troops
To fight and to be killed,
and
When it’s over and they’re
dead
The poor will pay the bill.
Chorus
Georgie Porgie said he’d wait
For the UN inspectors
If he doesn’t, he’ll be faced
With a million demonstrators!
GOD BLESS AMERICA
God Bless America,
And bless it well!
If we make war,
If we kill more,
Then we’re all going straight
to hell!
Let’s not buy it!
Let’s decry it!
Let us sing out loud and strong....
Let’s say, “America,
Stay home where you belong.
Bombs cannot keep the peace!
This war is wrong!”
God Bless America,
This war must not be!
George can’t make us,
He won’t take us
Into starting World War Three.
It’s a bad way,
It’s a sad way
To solve problems in the world.
Let’s say, “America
Please hear our song,
Bombs cannot keep the peace!
This war is wrong!”
THE BOMBS DROPPED DOWN
(Tune: “The Band Played On”)
Georgie would sit by his red
telephone
And the bombs dropped down.
He'd send all our kids to
lands far, far from home
And the bombs dropped down.
Our economy fell, benefits
went to hell,
'Round the world people shook
with alarm.
“We'll have evil no more
'Cause we'll just stay at
war”
And the bombs dropped down.