What Shall We Do With a Useless Congress?

Lyrics by: Fran Osborne
Gaggle: Raging Grannies of Tuolumne & Calaveras
Tune: What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor
Date Written or Updated: 08/06/2026
What shall we do with a useless congress?
What shall we do with a useless congress?
What shall we do with a useless congress?
Er-lie in the mid-terms
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
We have to vote them out!
 
Ban their corruption and insider trading
Ban their corruption and insider trading
Ban their corruption and insider trading
They must work for us now!
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
REGISTER AND VOTE!
 
Make them work for everyone
Make them answer their phone calls 
Make them turn up to town halls
Even Tom McClintock! (substitute with your rep’s name)
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
REGISTER AND VOTE!
 
Remove dark money from our congress
Overturn Citizens United
Keep our elections fair and free  
They took an oath of office!
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
We must work together!
 
What can we do to make them honest?
Put ’em in jail when they’re dishonest 
Impeach the ones who should know better 
The People demand justice!
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
We can make it happen!
 
That’s what we’ll do with a useless congress
That’s what we’ll do with a useless congress
That’s what we’ll do with a useless congress
We must change the system!
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
We have had ENOUGH!
 
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
Way hay and up we’re rising
REGISTER AND VOTE!