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!...
Read MoreSong 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...
Read More55 Years Old Pipeline
55 Years Old: (tune: Flying Trapeze) It’s 55 years since our gas pipe was laid Time to retire, it’s starting to fade Not feed it crude of the dirtiest grade Expecting that it will not blow. How fast can we sell all our assets away No jobs for refining the crude on the way And then Harper’s petro state’s well on the way And Canada hits a new low. Nobody knows what goes into the pipes Nobody knows it so nobody gripes But Naptha and Benzine are poisonous types That get that old tarsands to flow. And if it gets out as it certainly will No one has magic to clean up the...
Read MoreBring Back My Planet
BRING BACK MY PLANET Tune: Bring Back My Bonnie Sung by 300+ participants at the final plenary of Food Secure Canada’s national Assembly, Edmonton, November 4, 2012 Our air miles make carbon dioxide, Our lifestyle makes lots of debris, While more and more people go hungry, 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. Corporations can’t patent the sunshine, But their wealth has to grow constantly So they plunder the planet for profits, Oh bring...
Read MoreYellow Cake
Tune: Flying Trapeze They’re baking a cake with a wonderful tint Is it good for us, well we can give you a hint If we enrich it ’twill sell for a mint And we all get to bask in the glow. Please have some cake, we hear that it’s good Old Frontenac Ventures tells us that we should And they mine the stuff so they know that we could Develop a sort of a glow. They’re baking, they’re baking a wonderful cake They’re thinking of all of the money they’ll make Forget all the tailings, the sludge in the lake To give us a sort of a...
Read MoreEnvironment Assessment Act
Tune: Mademoiselle from Armentiers The Environment Assessment Act Review is coming soon Stephen Harper sings the corporations’ tune Mining companies’ short-term gain Leaves the land with long-term pain – Sick caribou, and silent loon. We know that mines leave toxic waste, that’s nothing new That’s why we need a strong environmental review It can’t be left to happenstance Our rivers wouldn’t stand a chance The public needs to know – that’s me and you! But nobody’s heard about this, they’re not telling us It...
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