Gonna Make Sure to Cast My Vote (a revision of “Down At The Polling Place”

Lyrics by: Original lyrics by Kathy Minor (Revised by Lee Stanfield)
Gaggle: Originally: Madison & Dane County, WI (Revision: Tucson, AZ)
Tune: Down By the Riverside
Date Written or Updated: Original: 05/03/17 (Revised 08/20/26)

Gonna make sure to cast my vote (clap-clap)
by mail or at the polls (clap-clap), by mail or at the polls(clap-clap)
By mail or at the polls
Gonna make sure to cast my vote (clap-clap)
By mail or at the polls. Ain’t gonna suffer fools no more!

 

                        I ain’t gonna suffer fools no more
                        I’m gonna settle up the score
                        I’ll vote for peace instead of wa-a-ar —
                        I ain’t gonna suffer fools no more
                        The people’s will you can’t ignore
                        I’ll vote for peace instead of war!

 

Gonna make sure to cast my vote (clap-clap)
by mail or at the polls (clap-clap), by mail or at the polls(clap-clap)
By mail or at the polls
Gonna make sure to cast my vote (clap-clap)
By mail or at the polls. Ain’t gonna suffer fools no more!

 

                        I ain’t gonna suffer fools no more
                        The law’s for rich as well as poor
                        Clean government we will resto-o-ore –
                        I ain’t gonna suffer fools no more
                        I’ll raise my voice, now hear me roar
 (Louder)       Clean government we will restore!

 

Gonna make sure to cast my vote (clap-clap)
by mail or at the polls (clap-clap), by mail or at the polls(clap-clap)
By mail or at the polls
Gonna make sure to cast my vote (clap-clap)
By mail or at the polls. Ain’t gonna suffer fools no more!

(Slow): AIN’T GONNA SUFFER FOOLS … NO … MORE!