WAR CRIMES
Lyrics by: Nora Freeman Gaggle: NYC Metro
Tune: 500 Miles-Written or Updated: 9/16/2018
Updated – Niagara gaggle, 04/05/25 – March/26

If someone bombs a neighborhood
It has to be understood
That civilians will be in the path
Of their bombs,
Their firebombs,
Their cluster bombs,
Their deadly bombs,
Those civilians will die
From those bombs.

IIn ’45, from Nuremberg
Around the world this vow was heard
Never again to close our eyes, to war crimes
War crimes
War crimes
To everyone this law applies
Never again to close our eyes
To war crimes.

We’re telling you this is the time
For human rights for Humankind
Atrocities and genocide
Can’t go on.
We pray and we demand
That the world be a free land.
Never again to be destroyed
Through greed –

Never again to be destroyed,
To Live Free.

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Song for Ukraine event
Tune: “Amazing Grace” (public domain)

From fields of gold to city squares,
A nation stands its ground.
Through nights of fear and days of fire,
Their courage still resounds.

The roads are worn, the skies are dark,
The trials have been long.
Yet voices rise in hope and will,
Defiant, clear, and strong.

Not just the land beneath their feet,
But futures yet to be—
A dream of peace, a sovereign home,
A people standing free.

Through loss and tears they still endure,
Together hand in hand.
For unity has lit a flame
No force can countermand.

So let the world remember well
What steadfast hearts can do:
When hope and freedom guide a soul,
A nation’s strength shines through. 

LIBERATION FOR PALESTINE
Lyrics by: R and G. Gaggle: Raging Grannies Action League Tune: We Shall Not Be Moved
 
We call for Liberation, Peace for Palestine
We call for Liberation, Peace for Palestine
We’ll keep protesting ’til the bombs stop dropping
Justice for Palestine
 
We need a fair solution, Peace for Palestine
We need a fair solution, Peace for Palestine
We’ll keep protesting ’til the bombs stop dropping
Justice for Palestine
 
We demand equality, Peace for Palestine
We demand equality, Peace for Palestine
We’ll keep protesting ’til the bombs stop dropping
Justice for Palestine
 
Think about the children, Peace for Palestine
Think about the children, Peace for Palestine
We’ll keep protesting ’til the bombs stop dropping
Justice for Palestine.

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ONE HUMAN FAMILY
Tune: John Brown’s Body yrics by: Vicki Ryder and Rosalia Haduch Gaggle: Vicki: Triangle (NC) Rosalie: Detroit-Windsor

We’re the Raging Grannies calling out from far and wide,
Rising up together like a mighty ocean tide,
To stop the wars and killing so we all can live and thrive,
One human fam’ly strong.

Chorus: No more wars upon this planet!
War’s a crime and it’s a racket!
We must learn to live together as we reap what we have sown;
One human family strong.

We don’t want our children to be taught to fight and harm,
And we will work incessantly for nations to disarm.
War has never been the answer, so we’re sounding the alarm:
No more war, no way!

Chorus
The hearts of women know that war’s a game that no one wins.
We won’t be taken in by all the lies and all the spin.
Now’s the time to come together on this grand and special Day
And demand a better way!
Chorus

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