Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW9g8jI2XuM

We love democracy,  we need democracy

We will dissent when our morals say

We have our voices  and we will use them

Please don’t take democracy away

And we object to your squelching protest

We love discussion, we love debate

And we will value  different opinions

We abhor a heavy-handed state

In our democracy, it’s OUR democracy

There is no room for Bill One’s flaws

We love our Charter… and Bill One scares us

We abhor this heavy handed law

So in Alberta, we have to fight for

The right to gather and disagree

When those elected… will not protect it…

We will fight for our democracy. 

Written by the Calgary Raging Grannies, revised in July 2020 in response to the UCP passing a vaguely worded bill banning protest in public and private spaces.  It was first written in April 1999 in response to government pronouncements that the Opposition serves no purpose, and teachers may lose their right to strike.  It was first revised in March 2015 for a rally against Bill C-51, Harper’s secret police bill. 

Look out! ’Cause we are growing bolder!
We’re gaining strength as we grow older!
Our steps they might be slow,
And ’though our boobs are hanging low,
We are Raging Grannies strong!

It’s equity we’re raging for today.
Billionaires get richer while we struggle for fair pay.
While people sleep on sidewalks, Grannies seek another way…
We are Raging Grannies strong!

Look out! ’Cause we are growing bolder!
We’re gaining strength as we grow older!
You can throw us into jail, but by our numbers we’ll prevail.
We are Raging Grannies strong!

They tell us that the Trade Deal is a benefit for all
But corp’rate power always trumps the rights of one and all.
With loss of jobs and secret courts, it’s such a lousy call..
So spread the word it’s wrong.

Climate change is here to stay; it’s hot as hell today!
In other places, homes and farms are being washed away.
Glaciers melt and oceans rise… disasters every day…
And the poor are the first to pay.

Anyone can buy a gun; they’re easy to obtain;
Children get their hands on them, they think it’s just a game.
We’ve got to fight the NRA, they really are insane.
We are Raging Grannies strong!

Author: Vicki Ryder

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