Tune:  We Shall Not Be Moved

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MywZyOZRsY

We are not, we’re not giving up

We are not EVER giving up

We know we’re in this struggle for the long haul

We’re not giving up

Even during Covid, we’re not giving up

Although we’re growing older, we’re not giving up

We know we’re in this struggle for the long haul

We’re not giving up

Though we feel like crying, we’re not giving up

We’ll stand up to lying, we’re not giving up

We know we’re in this struggle for the long haul

We’re not giving up

We are not, we’re not giving up!

We are not EVER giving up

We know we’re in this struggle for the long haul

We’re not giving up

We fight the Almighty Dollar, we’re not giving up

For public good, we’ll holler, we’re not giving up

We know we’re in this struggle for the long haul

We’re not giving up

We are not, we’re not giving up

We are not EVER giving up

We know we’re in this struggle for the long haul

We’re not giving up

Original song by Mississippi John Hurt, reworked by The Calgary Raging Grannies spring, 2020

Tune: Let It Snow

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9wiJjPZH6c

The climate outside is frightful

So it’s time to be insightful

Mining coal in an open pit?

Are we nuts? What a crock! Get a grip!

Our planet is slowly dying

And on coal, we’re still relying???

Our world is now all ablaze

So we’re DONE, dirty coal, bad old days.

When we’ve finally seen the light

That Alberta to its shame will not save

Our pristine rivers from this blight

Ridin’ that coal lobby wave!

The time is long past for pining

We say NO to coal strip-mining

But so long as the province dares

Write the Feds! Try the Feds! Join who cares!

The Ottawa Climate Minister

Has some clout for things so sinister

There’s federal tools to use  

Legislate, consul-tate, have reviews!

When we’ve finally seen the light

That Alberta to its shame will not save

Our pristine rivers from this blight

Ridin’ that coal lobby wave

The sheep with big horns will thank you

So will bears; the owls will hoot too

Since the fish have no place to go

Keep the coal in the ground… Just say no!

Hear your Grans, write the feds, roar like us…

Stop the Coal, on Eastern Slopes, Make a Fuss!!

The Calgary Raging Grannies, spring 2020, after the UCP government regressively struck down an early 70s ruling by the Progressive Conservatives  to stop strip mining in Alberta.  An Australian company has since bought land close to Blairmore and has already started construction with the UCP government’s blessing, though the Federal Government is examining the situation.

Tune: Old MacDonald

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcaNGLgmBzY

Our Alberta has some parks Eyi, Eyi Oh

And to these parks we love to go Eyi, Eyi Oh

With a grey jay here and a big moose there

Here a dear, there a bear

Pristine land is everywhere!

We adore Alberta’s Parks Eyi, Eyi,Oh

Then the UCP got in Eyi, Eyi, Oh

Their plan for parks is such a sin Eyi, Eyi, Oh

Blow up mountains here, for a strip mine there

Sold off here, shut down there

Campsites lost from everywhere!

We don’t want our parklands sold

Eyi, Eyi, Oh!!

For our parks we have to fight Eyi, Eyi, Oh

Cos their destruction’s just not right Eyi, eyi, Oh

With an email here, and a letter there

Here some chalk, there some chalk

Sing our songs out everywhere!

Save the parks we love and know

 Eyi, Eyi, Oh

Written by Calgary Raging Grannies, Spring 2020, after the UCP government stated it would sell certain parks, which it then restated as not sell, but “transfer” which it then restated as no, not “transfer” but “delist”, then sell.

Tune: Bicycle Built for Two

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE1SHKcbs0A

Jason, Jason  

Give us your answer do!

We’re half crazy,

‘Cos of the things you do.

Our kids and our health must matter

More THAN the oil you flatter

So YOU’LL look sweet, the day you tweet

That you’ll PRIORIZE health care too!

Jason, Jason 

Give us your answer do!

We’re half crazy,

‘Cos of the things you do.

Our kids and our health must matter

More THAN the oil you flatter

So YOU’LL look sweet, the day you tweet

There’s more MONEY for classrooms too!

Jason, Jason 

Give us your answer do!

We’re half crazy,

‘Cos of the things you do.

Environment too must matter

More THAN the oil you flatter

So YOU’LL look sweet, the day you tweet

Of a GREEN future here….YA-HOO!!

Calgary Raging Grannies, Feb. 2020

 There's a cycle, a roller coaster
 In Alberta, that’s our fate.
 Selling oil as fast as we can --
 As if the stuff went out of date.
  
 There's a crisis, that’s for certain
 In our minds and on our land
 A fire sale to sell our bitumen
 Cannot be our energy plan.
  
 Production’s rising, can you believe it?
 Drilling MORE is the party line.
 To hell with climate, countries dying
 More oil out means more pipeline. 
  
 How to flip this, that's the question
 Please Albertans, have some guts!
 We need DE-growth on our planet
 Stop expanding, are we nuts?
  
 At least a fee that taxes carbon 
 Rightly makes the user pay.
 If you have another plan, dear
 Tell us now….not Apocolypse day.
  
 Hear your Grannies, heed our warning
 The earth has limits to its growth
 Dying icebergs, dying people
 Hear your Grannies, enough’s enough! 


Calgary Raging Grannies, 2019  

Climate change is our concern and so we’re here

Climate change is our concern and so we’re here

It was a lovely invitation

Asking our participation

‘Cause we fear the earth’s destruction is damn near.

Oh, the Earth is going to throw up over us

Oh, the Earth is going to throw up over us

We’re playing poker with our water

And know we hadn’t oughta

Oh the Earth is getting sicker ‘cause of us.

So we must get out from under mental funk

And find a plan that lowers carbon junk.

We’re facing utter devastation

Once the train has left the station…

Then people, we are well and truly sunk.

Calgary Raging Grannies, 2019  

We’re the Raging Grannies and we’re all damn mad

Don’t smile, smile, smile.

Nothing to smile about when earth’s so sad

Don’t smile boys, that’s your style.

All we need is leadership

To set the climate right

So pack up the B.S. in your old kit bag

And STOP this blight! 

Reform, renew, recycle,
Replant, regenerate.
Rebuild, refuel, reforest,
And re-evaluate.

    Revamp, react, recover,
    Reclaim, recall, redu-uce.
    Rejoice and redistribute,
    Rehash, refine, reuse.

Resolve, respect, refinish,
Restore, rededicate.
Rebound, refill, rebottle,
And rehabilitate

   Repent, reflect and rescue,
   Repair and recognize.
   Recheck, refit, rekindle,
   Respond, revitalize.

 By Edmonton Raging Grannies

Tune: My Darling Clementine

There’s a cycle, a roller coaster

In Alberta, that’s our fate

Selling oil as fast as we can —

As if the stuff went out of date.

Not to mention, piddly royalties

For those of us, who own the stuff

Corporate oil tears, oh such hooey

Every quarter, earnings up. 

There’s a crisis, that’s for certain

In our brains and on our land

A fire sale to sell our bitumen

Cannot be the energy plan.

Production’s rising, can you believe it?

More fossil fuel is the party line!

The experts tell us we need to leave it

But more oil out, so more pipeline. 

Our problem is, consumption’s GROWING

People, give your heads a shake

Our poor climate, kicked and battered

The very planet is at stake.

How to crack this, that’s the question

Please Albertans, have some guts

We need DE-growth on our planet

Stop expanding, are we nuts?

Hear your Grannies, stop stupid buying….

Earth has limits to its growth

Oceans gagging, people dying

Heed your Grannies, enough’s enough!

[Slowly, wearily ….]

At least we have a carbon tax that

Seeks to make the users pay…..

If you have another plan, dear

Tell us now, not Apocolypse day.

Granny Lynn, Calgary Raging Grannies, April 2019

When Raging Grans come marching in

When Raging Grans come marching in

You might WANT to be in that number

When Raging Grans come marching in

We’ve got to TURN this world around

We’ve got to turn our LIVES around

Cannot dump that NASTY plastic

In our seas or underground.

When Raging Grans come marching in

When Raging Grans come marching in

You might WANT to be in that number

When Raging Grans come marching in

We’ve got to TURN this world around

We’ve got to turn our LIVES around

Plastic beads and bags and wrappers

Don’t belong in sea or ground.

When Raging Grans come marching in

When Raging Grans come marching in

You might WANT to be in that number

When Raging Grans come marching in

We’ve got to change, we’ve got to start

We’ve got to TURN our lives around

Mother Earth cannot take Plunder

We gotta TURN our lives around.

Author:  Adapted by Granny Lynn, Calgary Raging Grannies

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