Category: Women
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Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
by the Edmonton Grannies Oh, dear, what can the matter be? We’ve been attacked by the forces of gravity. Fat has appeared where there once was concavity. Nobody said life was fair. Older men become more…
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Mammogram Song
tune: Thanks for the Memories Thanks for the mammogram! It wasn't lots of fun. It made my breast go numb. Squash me any harder And I'd be a hot cross bun- But thank you so much.…
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Heard It Through the Pope-vine
By Jo-Hanna Read with a little help from her friends tune: “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” lead singer(s) plus background singers (the latter in italics) Ooh, you try to be true to your creed Help…
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Half the Sky
tune: Union Maid We never will forget Gran was a suffragette. We’re fighting still for women’s rights, And we ain’t got them yet. But we won’t sit and sigh, Burst into tears and cry. The world…
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Granny with an Attitude
from the E-Vine Rap I'm a Granny with an attitude and I'm a rapper too. I have a little song I want to rap for you. I have grave concern about the feminine form, ‘Cause the…
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Goodbye, Birth Control!
tune: Goodnight, Ladies Who needs mammograms this year? Planned Parenthood, we do fear, 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…
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Domestic Violence
by: Monica Zucker tune: Glorious, glorious Chorus: Violence! Violence! No more domesti-ic violence. I'm leaving here today-- I know I mustn't stay I've got to end the violence right now. Drunk last night and drunk the…
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Danger in the Night
The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 tune: Strangers in the Night Danger in the night! We must be wary. Strangers in the night Are pretty scary. Danger in the night, Until the daylight comes. When we go…
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Cycle of Abuse
fromThe Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 tune: Clementine There’s a cycle, there’s a cycle, there’s a cycle of abuse, Guns and beatings, harsh mistreatings, There’s a cycle of abuse. How to break it, that’s the question For…
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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,…