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Everything we've sung at lately.
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Nike Town
tune: Chinatown, My Chinatown by Kay Thode Nike shoes and Starbucks beans Make millions a day But workers who produce them Get starvation pay. One dollar fifty a day Is the workers take For the hundred…
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Christmas 1994
tune: Deck the Halls by Kay Thode Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Helms and Gingrich promise folly, Fa la la la la, la la la…
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Stand and Deliver
tune: Sweet Betsy from Pike by Carolyn Hale Come all you great leaders at Olympia’s heart— Don’t fail the needy, please do your part. We hear you support us, but wait in the cold. Funded programs…
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Medicare
tune: Yesterday Ming Chen Medicare doesn’t cover all my aches and pains, Still my supplemental’s quite a strain. Oh, I still need my Medicare. Medicaid: it’s a safety net for working poor. Cut it back and…
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A Prayer for Medicare
tune: Hole in the Bucket Patient: There's a pain in my stomach, dear doctor, dear doctor, There’s a pain in my stomach and I’ve got a cough. Can I get an appointment, if you’re not too…
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Where Have All the Forests Gone?
tune: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Canadian Grannies Where have all the forests gone? We watched them passing. Where have all the forests gone? We ought to know. Where have all the forests gone? Gone…
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We’ve Been Throwing All the Garbage
tune: I’ve Been Working on the Railroad The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 We’ve been throwing all the garbage In the city dump. Don’t throw away your baby’s Pampers ‘Cause they’ll sit there in a lump. The…
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Toilet Tissue Song
tune: Men of Harlech Victoria Grannies Here is something that we wish you’d Take on as a vital issue. It’s the case for toilet tissue— The recycled kind. It is absolutely fitting, Whether standing up or…
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic?
tune: Teddy Bears’ Picnic The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go down in the woods today, you’ll never believe your eyes!…
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Take the Gross Out of Groceries
tune: Take Me Out to the Ballgame The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993, adapted by Kay Thode Take the gross out of groc’ries, Keep altered food off our plates. Some of these products sound quite bizarre! Keep…