Posts by Jo

Wrinkle, Wrinkle

Posted by on Mar 10, 2012 in Songs

Wrinkle, Wrinkle

Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star   Wrinkle, wrinkle, aging star who cares just how old you are? Your hair is grey, your dentures click Your bosom sags and your waist is thick. Your joints all creak, your arthritis plagues. You’ve got all the symptoms of raging age!   So sing out…. Hurrah! for age; age, now’s the time to rage, turn the page, get more sage! Hurrah! for age; age, get up on the stage if you’re cooped up in a cage!   Our eyes are dim, our tongues are sharp. We go out on a limb–our withs are smart. We’ve got years,...

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Who Needs Kyoto

Posted by on Mar 7, 2012 in Environment, Songs

Who Needs Kyoto

(Tune:  I’m Just Wild About Harry)   The North is getting much hotter Ice caps melting in the sea Don’t show us a photo We don’t need Kyoto Everything’s fine, you see Hurricanes coming weekly Floods as deep as they can be Oh, we don’t need to do Kyoto We just need taxing cuts That takes lots of guts Our planet’s fine, you can see.   Harper’s got a strict program Each step his priority Kyoto’s annoying Not very buoying To his Prime Ministry So ignore all the disasters He’s got superiority He’ll just make Mother Nature shut...

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Stand Up and Fight

Posted by on Feb 28, 2012 in Environment, Songs

Stand Up and Fight

Tune: McNamara’s Band Oh we are the western nations and we don’t respect the land We’re using up resources and we think it’s all so grand, We’re polluting all the oceans and we’re oiling up the sands It won’t be long before we’re gone ‘ if we sit on our hands!! Stand up and fight, make them aware Sit on your hands, if you don’t care Stand up and fight, for the earth we need It’s better by far if we learn to live without the greed! Oh we are the western nations and we shop until we drop We always think we need some more to keep us...

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We Are the Raging Grannies

Posted by on Feb 28, 2012 in Songs

We Are the Raging Grannies

Tune: Put on your old gray bonnet We are the Raging Grannies We look in all the crannies And we sing about the things we”ve found. We detest injustice And those guys who say “just trust us” ‘Cause we make the truth resound. Oh yes, we get together, No matter what the weather With our songs that tell it like it is. We’ll attend any function Without the least compunction Be it hot or cold or friz. We are the Raging Grannies, Yes, we are the Raging Grannies So beware if you’ve done dirty tricks It won’t take us long to spot you once the raging grans have...

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Bring Back Our Planet

Posted by on Feb 27, 2012 in Environment, Songs

Bring Back Our Planet

Tune: Bring back my Bonnie to me Our air miles make carbon dioxide, Our lifestyle makes lots of debris, You tell me the planet’s in danger, Oh bring back my planet to me Chorus: Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my planet to me, to me. Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my planet to me. Big businesses don’t own the sunshine They don’t make a buck from the breeze, So they plunder the planet for profits, Oh bring back my planet to me. Our beef comes from ancient rain forests, And no food is GMO-free, Not corn and not soy or canola, Oh bring back my planet to me. Our...

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