Category: Environment & Energy
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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…
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Take Me Out to the Clearcut
tune: Take Me Out to the Ballgame The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 Take me out to the clearcut! We’ll picnic on a few stumps. I want you to know I’m a tree-farming nut Who thinks like…
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Roll Out the Log Trucks
tune: Roll Out the Barrel Roll out the log trucks! Even though people will yell. Roll out the log trucks! There’s still a tree we can fell. There’s no tomorrow—take what is easy and run. When…
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PTP’S (Persistent Toxic Pollutants)
tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Kay Thode They've poisoned the food on our dishes Even breast milk contains PTPs We eat, drink and breathe those pollutants, When will you ban their release? We've waited…
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P.O.P. (Persistent Organic Pollutants)
We eat POP and drink POP And breathe it each day, Cause those cursed pollutants Just won't go away. They’ve found it in orcas and birds In breast milk and in the fish, We fear that…
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Polychlorinated Biphenols
Do as a rap or make up a tune The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 Poly-chlorinated biphe-e-nols Will fry your brain and rot your adre-e-enals, Concentrating in our fatty tissue. This is not a glamorous issue. But…
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Now’s the Time to Raise Our Voices
tune: Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 Now’s the time to raise our voices! Now’s the time to stand up proud! Now’s the time to make our choices! Now’s the time…