We Walk
We walk with love for our country
To honor our grannies and sons.
We walk for an end to corruption
Till "the will of the people be done."
Take a Walk
(To The Tune Of: "If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your hands")
-By Rick Hubbard
If worried bout our Congress, take a walk
If money’s legal bribery, take a walk
When Congress aids the donors,
And the people are the losers
Our Democracy’s in trouble
Take a walk
Follow Granny D’s direction, take a walk
To reach New Hampshire folks, take a walk
We’re excited to be here
And we want to spread the cheer
Till thousands join us here
Take a walk
To prod our candidates, take a walk
To ask them for their plans, take a walk
When we ask them over and over,
Till they want it to be over
To help them find a plan
Take a walk
Our plan is not to race, so we’ll walk
We need to build our base, so we’ll walk
Just begin with many miles
As we face each day with smiles
Solve our problems with our wiles
Take a walk
Once our mentor Granny D took a walk
She inspired this years' starters for a walk
Show the facts like Granny D
Till our Congress starts to see
That millions feel like we
Take a walk
We’re worried and we know it, take a walk
Our democracy’s in trouble, take a walk
Let our voices ring out clear
Make our politicians fear
Till reform is finally here,
LET'S TAKE A WALK!
I Wanna Be Like Granny D!
(Tune: “Here We Go ’Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Lyrics by Vicki Ryder
I wanna be like Granny D,
Walkin’ this land from sea to sea,
Workin’ for true democracy -- when I’m 93.
I want a land where equality
Means poor folks can run for the presidency,
Not just the ones with the dough-re-me -- when I’m 93.
I want a nation where all votes count,
Not just the ones with the big bank accounts.
No hanging chads and no miscounts -- when I’m 93.
I want a campaign that’s straight and true With candidates like me and you.
Not just those who profit from war -- when I’m 94.
I want a world where my grandkids thrive And everyone has what it takes to survive. That’s my wish if I’m still alive -- when I’m 95!
I wanna be like Granny D,
Workin’ for true democracy,
With no more lies and no more tricks -- when I’m 96.
I wanna be like Granny D,
Walkin’ this land from sea to sea,
Workin’ for true democracy -- when I’m 93.
It’s Time for Election Reform
(Tune: “Johnny’s So Long at the Fair”)
Lyrics by Vicki Ryder
CHORUS:
Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Big money is killing democracy,
Our elections are fraught with hypocrisy,
No one can run if they’re poor.
Our taxes are cut but that’s just for the wealthy,
While poor people cannot afford to stay healthy!
Our tax money’s wasted on drones that are stealthy.
It’s time for election reform.
They say that the way to make peace is through war
And the way to get rich is to rob all the poor,
and They’re all such big liars we can’t take no more!
It’s time for election reform.
REPEAT FIRST CHORUS
They own all the newspapers and TV stations
They lie through their teeth to the folks in the nation
Our voting procedure’s an abomination!
It’s time for election reform.
They get the big contracts without even bidding
And rake in big bucks -- now just who are they kidding?
We Grannies are ragin’; we won’t just be knitting...
We’ll work for election reform.
CHORUS:
Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Big money is killing democracy,
Our elections are fraught with hypocrisy,
Let’s vote the crooks right out the door!
Not One Step Back! (Voting Rights)
(Tune: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”)
New Lyrics by the Triangle (NC) Raging Grannies
We’re the Raging Grannies and it’s turning our hair gray
To think that men in suits might take our voting rights away.
Our mothers fought to vote and now we fight again today!
Not one step back! No way!
They want to take us back in time when bigots ruled the land,
When women, blacks and poor folks from the voting booths were banned.
But this is our democracy and this is our demand:
Not one step back! No way!
No more after-midnight sessions, No more citizens arrested!
We want a true democracy with voting rights for all!
Not one step back – no way!
Do they think that we don’t know just what their scheming laws have done?
How redistricting is how they got the votes they say they won?
How voter ID laws make voting hard for everyone?
Not one step back! No way!
They’re killing Sunday voting, but that was the only day
For working folks to have a chance to vote and have their say.
Don’t you wonder why they try so hard to take our votes away?
Not one step back, no way!
No more after-midnight sessions, No more citizens arrested!
We want a true democracy with voting rights for all!
Not one step back – no way!
We’ve voted all our lives, but now we’re scared ours will be missed;
Just because we have no picture doesn't mean we don't exist.
Our rights to vote are threatened and we’re seriously pissed!
Not one step back – no way.
We’ve got to get together, young and old and black and white,
The unemployed and union folks, and work with all our might,
And show this Legislature that we’ll fight to keep our rights.
Not one step back! No way!
No more after-midnight sessions, No more citizens arrested!
We want a true democracy with voting rights for all!
Not one step back – no way!
Get Out and Vote
(Tune: “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean”)
Lyrics by Peggy Dempsey and Vicki Ryder (Rochester)
Last night some new thoughts did surround me
When thinking of heroes of old,
What they fought for does really astound me,
They were so brave and so bold.
The men said that women weren’t able
To think or to make up their minds,
So men would make all the decisions
And leave all the women behind.
CHORUS:
Rise up, sing out
On matters that matter to you and me!
Sign up! Get out and vote
And we’ll make a difference, you’ll see!
Some brave women in our communities
Refused to be quiet and meek
They struggled to gain opportunities
To work and to vote and to speak.
Now many long years have transpired
Since brave women won us a voice
They worked and they struggled together,
So we’d have a vote and a choice.
REPEAT CHORUS