Posts by Jane

Swat Steve!

Posted by on May 18, 2015 in Songs

Swat Steve!

(Tune:  The Daring Young Man on the FlyingTrapeze) He loves all the wars and he found one for us When soldiers come back they are told not to fuss No money is coming to them or to us It makes us all want to swat Steve. (Swat Steve! – yell, waving swatters) He’s working at weakening our social net And thinks selling weapons the greatest thing yet When women are murdered no inquiry they get It makes us all want to swat Steve. (Swat Steve!) Bill C-51 it will muzzle us all Just like the scientists under a pall No more demonstrations, no dissent at all Nobody must argue with...

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Bill C-51 Song

Posted by on Mar 14, 2015 in Politics, Songs

Bill C-51 Song

Bill C-51      Tune: Teddy Bears’ Picnic If you go onto the Hill today, you’re in for a big surprise If you go onto the Hill today, you’d better go in disguise For every spy and spook in the land Has all your data at their command, Whatever you do, They’re labeling you A terrorist!   Don’t demonstrate for hiking trails, For food for children or medical care for veterans; Don’t go out to save the whales And never, ever mention climate change Voting is the only thing A simple citizen is ever allowed to do Just watch the world go to hell in a handcart Or you’ll be clapped in...

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Skipping Chant for Pipeline 613

Posted by on Oct 2, 2013 in Environment, Songs

Skipping Chant for Pipeline 613

Skipping Chant:   Pipeline, pipeline Where does it go? All that sticky, goopy gunk What if it should blow?   Pipeline, pipeline Water’s all around Oil will kill the water birds And contaminate the ground.   Pipeline, pipeline Age 55 or more Rusty holes and blockages Are certainly in store!   Pipeline, pipeline Murphy’s always there. Denials and assurances Won’t remove the scare.   Pipeline, pipeline What about our dreams? Healthy fish and waters pure Drinking from the streams?   Photo: Jo rests after 10 km. hike while Jane (in short skirt) gets ready to...

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Song for the Paddlers

Posted by on Oct 2, 2013 in Environment, Songs

Song for the Paddlers

Song for the Paddlers: (tune: Row, row, row your boat)   Row, row, row your boat Along the 613 This is where the oil will spill That we guarantee.   Sell, sell, sell the oil As quickly as you can Forget the future of our kids And devastated land.   No, no, no you can’t Deny that it is true Tarsands oil’s the dirtiest kind Increasing CO2.   Row, row, row your boat Through the oil and muck Leaking from the rusty pipes Covering every duck … We’ll be out of luck … Doesn’t that just suck!...

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Song for a Pipeline

Posted by on Oct 2, 2013 in Environment, Songs

Song for a Pipeline

Song for the Pipeline demo: (tune: Hokey Pokey)   Pipelines leak, / We know they’re gonna leak Natural gas might dissipate, / Bitumen’s not so neat We’re tired of propaganda, / The truth we’re gonna speak Pipelines will leak!   The land will fill with guck. / We’ll all be out of luck. It poisons the waterways, / And covers all the ducks We’re left with the clean up; / The companies get the bucks This truly sucks!   The pipeline’s 55, / Its joints are gonna creak We’ve had replacement joints / We know they can be weak. Stand up...

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