Category: Human & Civil Rights
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Someone to Watch Over Me
by Monica Zucker tune of same name Eric Holder, do you think I'm a spy? I know that I Cannot see why Someone should watch over me. Must there always be surveillance and taps? Is it…
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Saints- Human Rights
tune: When the Saints Come Marching In When everyone has equal rights, When everyone has equal rights, How I want to be in that number, When everyone has equal rights. Variations: When immigrants are treated fair……
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Saints- Welfare
tune: When the Saints Come Marching In When welfare grants meet basic needs, When welfare grants meet basic needs, How I want to be in that number, When welfare grants meet basic needs. Variations: When…
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Prisons
by Kay Thode tune: Home On the Range Prisons, prisons, more jails, The response to our system's travails, Where seldom is heard, An encouraging word, And the skies are not seen all the day. We lock…
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Peace, Peace
Peace, peace, peace, peace. Wars must end and wars must cease. We must learn to live together. Peace, peace, peace. Peace, peace, peace, peace. Make homelessness and hunger cease. We can learn to live together. Peace,…
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Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
Using themes of Stuart Heady Oh, little town of Bethlehem, Surrounded by guns and tanks, The children walk amid the threat Of ever closing ranks. Wise men survey the rubble, Remains of Paradise. The hopes and…
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My Least Favorite Things
tune: My Favorite Things Shirts from Honduras and Nikes from China, Clothes made in sweatshops in North Carolina, All wrapped in packages tied up with strings— These are a few of my least favorite things. What…
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Look Around You
Shirley Morrison and Kay Thode tune: Clementine Look around you, see the people Who are working everyday For the kind of world we all want, Where healthy children laugh and play A world with no more…
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Let the Whole World Sing
by Kay Thode tune: I Want to Hear the Whole World Sing I want to hear the whole world sing In perfect harmony, To hear the song of birds, not guns, Let music set us free.…
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Housing Song
tune: Sweet Betsy from Pike by Kay Thode There are millions who’re sle-eping out in the street. Clutching their bundles they all have no heat, No place to call home or bed for their head— They’re…