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Songs

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

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  1. Take Care of Yourself

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of My Favorite Things

    Red wine and choc’lates and salmon and kiwis. Water aerobics and laughter if you please. Walking and talking and sharing with friends. These are a few of our favorite things.…

    Granny Life
  2. Take Down the Wall (Palestine)

    2013 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Addams Family Theme

    Chorus: Take down the wall! Snap, Snap Take down the wall! “ “ Take down the wall, take down the wall, Take down the wall, Snap, Snap. We must all…

    War & Peace
  3. Take Good Care of Yourself

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of You Belong to Me!

    Healthy food is good for you And your family. Take good care of yourself— Build community! Be sure to ride your bike—oo, oo! Take a hike—oo, oo! Fly a kite—oo,oo!…

    Environment & Energy
  4. Take Me Out of the Bomb Game

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Take me out of the bomb game take me out of the wars Buy me no nuclear warheads, Jack, I’ll be glad if they never come back! Oh it’s Booo!…

    War & Peace
  5. Take Me Out to the Bag Game

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Take me out to the bag game. Take me out to the mall. The dollar store has all the things I lack. Pack them in plastic bags, I will be…

    Environment & Energy Government & Power
  6. Take the Gross Out of Groceries

    2014 · Kay Thode · to the tune of Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993, adapted by Kay Thode Take the gross out of groc’ries, Keep altered food off our plates. Some of these products sound quite bizarre! Keep mom’s…

    Environment & Energy Healthcare
  7. Taking Care

    2013 · Jeanne Lorimer · to the tune of Favorite Things

    Red wine and choc’lates and salmon and kiwis, Water aerobics and laughter if you please, Walking and talking and sharing with friends, These are a few of our favorite things.…

    Granny Life
  8. Tax Avoidance

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Auld Lang Syne

    Should Tax avoidance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should tax avoidance be forgot’ Unfairness you shall find. For schools and hospitals, my dear For pensions and home care,…

    Business & Economy Holiday & Celebrations
  9. Tax the Banksters

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Yellow Rose of Texas

    Oh, they say we can’t have healthcare Or retirement any more. We can’t afford our teachers Or housing for the poor. But the banks still have their billions And raise…

    Business & Economy
  10. Tax the Rich

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Frère Jacques

    Tax the rich, tax the rich Jobs for vets, jobs for all Educate our children, Fix the roads & bridges Give us hope, give us hope! Corporate welfare costs us…

    Business & Economy Government & Power
  11. Taxes, Taxes

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Bicycle Built for Two

    Taxes, taxes, some find them everywhere. Now is when we all should become aware; It’s time that we make a decision To show that we have vision. An income tax,…

    Government & Power
  12. Teddy Bears’ Picnic?

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter

    tune: Teddy Bears’ Picnic The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go down in the woods…

    Environment & Energy
  13. The Atom

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Here We Come A-wassaling

    To crush the simple atom The whole world was most intent. Now any day The atom may Return the compliment.

    Environment & Energy War & Peace
  14. The Bad Old Days

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Ode To Joy

    from the Raging Grannies Songbook 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…

    Gender Equity
  15. The Battle Hymn of Women

    2013 · Meredith Tax · to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Mine eyes have seen the glory of the flame of women’s rage Kept smoldering for centuries, now burning in this age. No longer are we prisoners in that old gilded…

    Gender Equity
  16. The Bells Are Ringing

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of For Me and My Gal

    The BELLS are RINGing for LESbian gals It’s time to FESS up They’re MORE than just PALS. World oPINion is SHOWing, It’s a MOVEment that’s GROWing, PolliTIcians are KNOWing It’s…

    Human & Civil Rights
  17. The Brothers Koch

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Coke ad

    We want to hear the whole world sing In perfect harmony: Let corporations billions spend. Proclaim our majesty! We’ll buy the Congress and the states. The Court has set us…

    Business & Economy Government & Power
  18. The Earth Is Gonna Thrown Up Over Us

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Coming Round the Mountain

    Oh, the Earth is gonna throw up over us, Oh, the Earth is gonna throw up over us! We’re polluting all our water And we know we hadn’t oughta. Oh,…

    Environment & Energy
  19. The Immigrants’ Song

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Don't Fence Me In

    Oh, give us space, a little space, Beneath the starry skies above. Don’t kick us out! Let us live and work In this country that we love. Don’t wall us…

    Immigration
  20. The Planet’s Getting Hot

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of I Love You a Bushel and a Peck

    Santa Cruz, CA, Raging Grannies I kid you not, the planet’s getting hot We might pretend it’s not, but the world is on the spot. We’re really in the soup,…

    Environment & Energy