Raging Grannies' Songs » War and Peace

Volkswagen Punching Ads

Nancy — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:57:15 +0000

Let’s not buy Volkswagen cars.
They push punching just for fun.
We don’t want that violence.
Promote peace –
that makes more sense.

Let us pull our business back
‘till they pull their punching ads.
There are lots of
other good cars out there.
Don’t support this violent tack.

Give Them Shelter

Ruth — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:51:54 +0000

Enlisted in a war based on a presidential lie
prepared to serve their country even sacrifice their lives
they came to realize it was a useless evil war
they decided to resist

Chorus:
Have a heart and give them shelter
Have a heart and give them shelter
Have a heart and give them shelter
Help war resisters now!

O Canada you’re not our native land and not our home
But we admire how you welcome refugees who roam
Oh take our war resisters, treat them as you would your own
Help war resisters now!

Chorus

The Grannies span the border and we work in unity
With our Canadian sisters we want conscience to be free
Resisters from an evil war should live in liberty
Help war resisters now!

Chorus

We sang this at the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco on January 25, 2008.

Are You Sleeping?

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:01:02 +0000

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping,

Uncle Sam, Uncle Sam?

Anti-war bells ringing, hear the people singing

No more war! No more war!

Women for Peace

R0s4lie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:26:47 +0000

We are mighty women everywhere both far and wide
We must now all come together like a giant ocean tide
No more fighting, no more strife upon this wondrous planet earth
We want to live in peace.

Chorus
No more wars upon this planet
No more wars upon this space
We must learn to leve together
One family one human race.

We don’t want our children to be taught to fight and harm
We will work incessantly to cause all nations to disarm
War has never been the answer, it has only brought us harm,
We want to live in peace.

Chorus

Womyn know so well that love can always make amends
Love can change our enemies and make them into our friends
Now’s the time to come together and proclaim a better way,
We want to live in peace.

Chorus

Down In The Valleys – Antiwar Song

Rose — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:32:35 +0000

Down in the valleys, the valleys so low,
Hang your heads sadly to know our drones go
Bomb-dropping drones go, dears,
Bomb-dropping drones go.
Hang your heads sadly knowing that our drones go.

Pakistanis love family, Afghanis do too
Angels in heaven know why we’re blue.
Know why we’re blue, dears,
Know why we grannies are blue.
Angels in heaven know we’re wretched and blue.

Mark us a circling space, forty feet wide
So we grannies can lament as war-time goes by.
As war-time goes by, dears,
As war-time goes by
So we grannies can lament as war-time goes by.

Write to our Congress, President too, lines
Telling them, darlings, that you’re not fine
That you’re not fine, dears,
That you’re not fine
With drone attacks killing you are not fine.

The “Beast of Kandahar” truly’s well named.
Desk-guys in Virginia do launch them and aim.
Do launch them and aim, dears,
Do launch them and aim.
Sad for all families – our remote launch and aim.

Sec. of War Gates wants drones to expand
Hang our heads lower for more bombers unmanned.
Hang our granny heads lower, dears,
For more bombers unmanned as

America evilly pursues new unmanned bombers, blam, blam,

and blam.

We Weep for Gaza

Vicki — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:23:03 +0000

Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, Gaza,

We weep for the children and the harm

That we have done.

Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, Gaza,

U.S. makes the bombs that kill

Your daughters and your sons.

Gaza, Gaza, why are you complaining?

Don’t we all like to hear those bombs raining?

You have known the strife and grief of war,

But we don’t care ‘cause you are poor!

Gaza, Gaza [clap] we will wipe you off the earth

‘Cause you are people of a different faith,

And Gaza, Gaza, [clap] we’ll blockade and bomb

Until the world shouts out “Bring peace to Gaza!”

HAVA NAGILA/Gaza Song

Rose — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:10:14 +0000

Gaza is full of children
Gaza has mostly children
War can’t be made on children
For this, we’re glad
(repeat)
Let us see clearly
Awaken, cast off war
With a cheerful heart

HaTikvah/Gaza Song

Rose — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:34:57 +0000

Weary is the spirit of us all
Weary of this war
With eyes turned down
Searching for peace

But the hope – the new hope
Must see clearly – or we are lost
Peace for all in their lands
No more war for us in our land

Gaza Tzena Song

Rose — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:11:24 +0000

Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, Gaza
O your troubles are
Too big for me
Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, Gaza
So I’ll close my ears
And shut my eyes
Gaza, Gaza, dance instead
No bombs are falling
La, La, La I cannot hear
my fingers in my ear!

Gaza, Gaza, with my eyes shut
One, two, three, four,
No one dying anymore
Gaza, Gaza, won’t it mend
If I pretend?
Gaza, Gaza, Gaza!

Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, Gaza
Take away this blindness
From my eyes
Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, Gaza,
Help me clearly see
What is disguised

Gaza, Gaza, join with every nation
Let us sit with contemplation
Till at last no bombs are falling
Nothing more to fear

Gaza, Gaza, we are trying
One, two, three, four
Keep the children here from dying
Gaza, Gaza,
Our heart’s crying
Gaza, Gaza, Gaza!
(repeat verses)

GAGGLE OF GRANNIES

notfredo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:04:52 +0000

OH, WE’RE JUST A GAGGLE OF GRANNIES
URGING YOU OFF OF YOUR FANNIES.
WE’RE TELLING YOU BOYS, WE’RE SICK OF YOUR TOYS.
NO MORE WAR.

WE KNOW THAT IT’S HARD FOR YOU HARPER
BUT WE THINK YOU OUGHTA GET SHARPER,
WE’RE TELLING YOU, PLEASE,
WE WANT A LITTLE PEACE
NO MORE WAR.

WE’RE SICK OF NATO AND NAFTA,
FED UP WITH NUCLEAR TESTS.
WE’RE TIRED OF GUNS AND VIOLENCE.
WHY DON’T YOU GIVE ‘EM A REST.

OH, WE MAY BE A GAGGLE OF GRANNIES,
BUT WE’VE GOTTEN OFF OF OUR, FANNIES.
WE’RE TELLING YOU NOW WE’RE ANGRY AND HOW!
NO MORE WAR – WE REALLY MEAN IT.
NO MORE WAR – WE’LL SAY IT NICELY.
NO MORE WAR – WE MEAN PRECISELY
NO MORE WAR!