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Songs we've sung, written, and added to the central library.

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  1. 15 Now

    2014 · Jo-Hanna Read · to the tune of Sixteen Tons

    Chorus: Work for minimum wage and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. The poverty level is more than you earn. While the company bosses have…

    Business & Economy Human & Civil Rights Labor & Worker Rights Local Issues
  2. A Winter Wonderland or Not

    2025 · Laurie Rostholder · to the tune of Winter Wonderland

    In the lane, snow is lacking. Down the way, there is fracking. A beautiful day More heat on the way, Wondering where’s the winter wonderland.More storms, they are brewing. The…

    Environment & Energy Holiday & Celebrations
  3. A “Newt” Deal

    2014 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Away In a Manger

    Away in DC, no crib for a bed, All the poor and the homeless lay down their cold heads. The stars in the Congress look down where they lay And…

    Government & Power Holiday & Celebrations
  4. Affluenza

    2014 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Frère Jacques

    Affluenza, affluenza, What a drug, what a drug! Buying makes us feel great But depletes the planet, Enough is enough! Enough is enough! Today buy nothing, today buy nothing. You…

    Business & Economy
  5. Afghan Smart Bombs

    2012 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay

    ( Heard the war news on TV? Smart bombs fill the air you see, Target only military With their pinpoint accuracy. Afghan go boom de ay! Bombs never go astray.…

    War & Peace
  6. And the Band Played On

    2012 · Unlisted Songwriter

    We guzzle our food, taking more than our share, And we just don’t care. We turn on our energy sources with flare, And we still don’t care. In cars we’re…

    Environment & Energy
  7. Angela’s Marrying a Corporate Person

    2013 · Ann Thureson · to the tune of The Bells Are Ringing

    /span> by Laurie Rostholder from Anne Thureson’s ideas Our Angela fell in love With a corporation, See how she looks at him With such adoration. If Corp's really a person,…

    Business & Economy Government & Power
  8. Another Four Years?

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

    Another four years of Georgie’s lies? It makes us raging mad! His State of the Union was just a charade – We know that we’ve been had! He sends our…

    Government & Power
  9. Anti-Export Coal Rally

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of The Gospel Train’s A Comin’

    By: Lorraine Heller of the Portland Raging Grannies I hear those coal cars comin’ They’re rumbling through our la-and Spreading grit and toxins. Coal exports we must ban! Chorus: Just…

    Environment & Energy
  10. At Last

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter

    At last, FFTF will be gone, Its standby days are over, We celebrate with song. At last, we see the end in sight, It’s much too far away yet, But…

    Environment & Energy Local Issues
  11. Axis of Evil

    2012 · Monica Zucker · to the tune of It Ain't Necessarily So

    The Axis of Evil’s a threat, And they all deserve what they get. Iraq and Korea Just have one idea! Destroy them and have no regret. It ain’t necessarily so…

    War & Peace
  12. Back of the Bus

    2012 · Unlisted Songwriter

    If you miss me at the back of the bus You can't find me nowhere. Come on up to the front of the bus I'll be riding up there. I'll…

    Human & Civil Rights Local Issues
  13. Bad Old Days

    2012 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Ode To Joy

    We’re the women who did the work so men could get the credit. We said leave it all to us, and wished we’d never said it. Leave the dishes in…

    Gender Equity Human & Civil Rights
  14. Ban Nukes

    2012 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

    The ONly way WE can be SURE that We’ll BE safe from NUclear aLARM, A-BO-lish all NUclear WEApons And the DANger of NUclear HARM. We DON’T want to DEprive the…

    War & Peace
  15. Battle Hymn of the Republic

    2012 · Unlisted Songwriter

    from the Bellingham Grannies My ears can hear it coming— It’s the rising cry for peace. It is growing, swelling, spreading. Let the talk of warfare cease. In the place…

    War & Peace
  16. Be Kind to the Mentally Ill

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends

    BE kind to the mentally ill, For that kook may be somebody’s mother Be kind to the weird in the street They are some of the smartest folks you’ ll…

    Healthcare
  17. Be Kind to Your Corporate Friends

    2012 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends

    Be kind to your corporate friends. that CEO may be somebody’s father.. Be kind to those guys at the top, Or your kick-back just might stop. We see that they…

    Business & Economy
  18. Beatles Medley

    2012 · Jo-Hanna Read · to the tune of Hard Day’s Night

    Long Hard Fight It’s been a long hard fight For women standing against war. It’s been a long hard fight But we keep coming back for more. And we know…

    Gender Equity
  19. Beware “Free Trade”

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Enjoy Yourself

    Beware “free trade”! Where corporation rules You lose your job To far, cheap labor pools. Beware “free trade”! There’s nothing ‘ bout it free. Big business runs The world ‘s…

    Business & Economy
  20. Big Oil vs Life on Earth

    2025 · Pia Rostholder · to the tune of Marine Corps Hymn

    From the sand dunes down in south Iraq To the wild Alaskan seas, We have trashed the earth to pump the oil Just to fuel our SUV’s. We have overthrown…

    Environment & Energy Government & Power