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

There’s a new chain fence where the corporations meet

Don’t fence us out

The agenda is secret and governments seem weak ( 2  beats )

Don’t fence us out.

We’re asking why the secrets, why the stark abuse of power,

We’re wanting information and we’ll sit here by the hour,

Democracy demands that all of us get equal power,

Don’t fence us out.

Just let us in to discover and to question and to share,

Don’t keep us out by refusing and by using all the police that you dare.

Just let us in so that people can all participate

Profit, forcer and speed and greed all can wait

We won’t allow the FTA to seal our fate

Don’t fence us out.

Revised by Calgary Grannies  April 2002