Category: Reproductive Rights
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Forward Together
By Mary Ray Worley, Wisconsin RGs Some modifications by Seattle Raging Grannies Chorus:Forward together! Forward together! Forward together!Not one step back!Forward together! Forward together! Forward together!Not one step back! Those who went before us foughtand died…
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Cheer for Choice
Tune: The Fish Cheer by Country Joe and the Fish Lyrics by Jo-Hanna Read [Verse 1]Yeah, come on all you RepublicansTryin’ to help women againYou’re sure they won’t do what’s bestWith a positive pregnancy testSo it’s…
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Goodbye, Boehner
tune: Goodnight, Ladies Who needs mammograms this year? Planned parenthood, we hear, Misuses funds we hold so dear, The wars on women rage. Chorus: Maybe we just won’t have sex, Won’t have sex, won’t have sex.…
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Don’t Buy Eden Foods
tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic Lyrics: Vicki Ryder We’re the Raging Grannies and we’ve come out here to say; Save your hard-earned bucks and don’t buy Eden Foods today, ‘Cause they’ve joined with Hobby Lobby…
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We’ll Keep You in Your Place
tune: Goodnight Ladies Laurie Rostholder with ideas from Monica Zucker Listen to our manly cheers, As we set the clock back years, No more burning your brassieres, You’ll give up your careers. Chorus Maybe we just won’t…
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Legitimate Rape
Author: Vicki Ryder Tune: "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" “Legitimate rape” is great birth control. So says Todd Akin, and he oughta know. If we are raped we can rest unafraid, ‘Cause we can’t get pregnant if forcibly laid. Our…
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We’re Rising Up!
tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic We’re the Raging Grannies and we’re here to take a stand, To break the chain of our abuse across this mighty land. We proclaim our dignity, and justice our demand-…
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The Condom Song
Tune: When you Wore a Tulip (First verse spoken) I used to wear a diaphragm, I used to take the pill. I smeared myself with every kind Of contraceptive gel. But times have changed Since then,…
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Safe Sex
from The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 tune: Hi, Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off to Work We Go Hi ho! Hi ho! It’s off to bed we go. We Grannies smile because we know Safe sex is…
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Contraception
by Hinda KipnisTune: On Wisconsin Contraception, contraception, Tea Party says no more, The female role is she submits, To procreate for wa a a a r. Unwanted children, cannon fodder, The world needs more and more,…