Songs:
Oh Doug Ford, do Remember Me
The Right to Housing,
Theyre Taking it Away
Bye, Bye Hatred
Ballad of Bill 33
Bless Them All
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OH DOUG FORD, DO REMEMBER ME
Tune: Do Lord
Lyrics by: Marcy Matasick Gaggle: New Mexico
Doug Ford, oh Doug Ford, oh do remember me
I fell on some hard times, that I could not foresee
I have lost my home and now I’m living on the street
Oh Doug, remember me.
When I cannot find a meal, do remember me
When the cops destroy my camp, forcing me to flee
When there’s no place left to go, do remember me
Oh Doug, remember me
Doug Ford, tell the city to curb Airbnb’s
Make more long-term rentals to meet the local needs
We could use fsome rent control, or how about rent freeze?
Do remember me
Doug Ford, oh Doug Ford, oh do remember me
When I see no hope in this perverse economy
Billions go to making roads, but millions go hungry
Oh Doug, remember me
Doug Ford, tell MPs to tax the well-to-do
Tell them tax the profits of the corporations, too
Tell them build a safety net, so folks like me aren’t screwed
Oh Doug, remember me
I’ve got a home in glory land – but I can’t wait that long
I need a home in this here land, a place where I belong
Life shouldn’t have to be this hard – the system is all wrong
Oh Doug, remember me!
Doug Ford, oh Doug Ford, oh do remember me
I fell on some hard times, that I could not foresee
I have lost my home and now I’m living on the street
O Doug, remember me.
BYE BYE HATRED
Lyrics by: Marcy Matasick
Gaggle: New Mexico Raging Grannies
Tune Bye, Bye Blackbird
Gender freedom must prevail
for us all, without fail
Bye-bye hatred!
Gender can be changeable
Still we’re all loveable
Bye-bye hatred!
We respect all styles and variations
In this world there’s room for all creation
Be your sexuality
It’s not all binary
Hatred, bye bye!
Straight or gay or trans or bi,
no one shall question why
Bye-bye hatred!
Who we are on the inside
Each of us shall decide
Bye-bye hatred!
We condemn all sex discrimination
queerness is a call for celebration
Marching for equality,
liberty, dignity
Hatred, bye bye!
The Ballad of Bill 33 by Aunt Ina
To the tune of Gilligan’s Island
AI generated by Jan Carrie Steven
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
A tale of a government spree—
About the Ford team steering schools
With Bill 33.
… with Bill 33, with Bill 33 …
The critics shouted “power grab!”
As trustees lost their say;
They warned that local voices
Were being swept away.
… with Bill 33, with Bill 33 …
With minister powers growing fast
And boards in jeopardy—
They say it sets a precedent
For top down policy.
… with Bill 33, with Bill 33 …
So this is the tale of Bill 33,
A storm in the schoolyard sea—
With folks across Ontario
Debating who should lead.
… scrap Bill 33, and don’t vote PC
THE RIGHT TO HOUSING
Tune: When the Saints Go Marching In
Lyrics by: Marcy Matasick Gaggle: New Mexico
The right to housing is a right
just like our other human rights:
right to life, religion & freedom
for them all, we’ve got to fight
Our housing market makes no sense
The average wage can’t pay these rents
Greedy landlords must be governed.
To dispossess is violence
Let’s tackle poverty and debt
Let’s weave a stronger safety net
We must lend a helping hand
and share the goods within our land.
The folks who have no property
deserve respect and dignity
Folks with wealth are not more worthy
All deserving equity!
Equality means everyone
It means we leave behind no one
We must end all forms of injustice
by including everyone
In common good we must invest
The good of all is what we stress
We all win when no one loses.
We’re all blessed when all are blessed.
Oh they’re taking it away; they are taking it away.
They are taking all the good things, you can hear the people say
And they’ll take it all tomorrow if they don’t take it today
From the poor and sick and helpless, they are taking it away.
CHORUS
Oh our government’s elected in a democratic way:
A-whining at the cost of all the things they have to pay,
And the bully boys on Bay Street, you can hear the bastards say:
To hell with paying taxes! Pull the safety net away.
CHORUS
If you’re down upon your luck and need to keep the wolf at bay
Just don’t rely on welfare or the dole to pay your way’
For the rich they have decided not another cent to pay
You can whistle for your supper for they’re taking it away
CHORUS
If you’re native, black or Asian, if you’re feminist or gay
If you’re just a little different from the most of us today
If you want to make your point or if you want to have your say
You can spit into the wind because they’ve taken it….
CHORUS
If you’re battered by your husband & you need a place to stay
You’d best get down upon your knees & quickly learn to pray
For the women’s center’s phone was disconnected yesterday
And there’s no one left to talk to, now they’ve taken them…..
CHORUS
There are those who have and those who don’t, And those who are okay,
And those who understand that fairness is the only way
But there’re are those who are so comfortable they look the other way
And they vote for all the villains who would take it all away
CHORUS
If its ever your misfortune in a hospital to stay,
You’d best not be impatient for a bed on which to lay,
For your health ain’t worth the taxes that the healthy have to pay
And the beds were too expensive, so they’ve taken them away
CHORUS
So if you’ve health and wealth and wisdom, stop and spare a thought
today
For those who don’t and those who can’t; there is no other way,
Or we might as well give up the ghost and join the USA,
For there won’t be any difference when they take it all away.
Tune: “The Long and the Short and the Tall”
Bless ‘em all, Bless ‘em all,
The Suffragettes we can recall
Bless all those women who blazed our trail
To declare women persons,
They went off to jail…
Bless ‘em all, Bless ‘em all
Those women who answered the call…
They showed us the road,
Now we carry the load
So step up dear friends, bless us all.
Bless ‘em all, Bless ‘em all,
Those women who answered the call
At this point, the names of the “Famous Five” will be called out as follows
“Nellie McClung” (Elizabeth)
“Emily Murphy” (Rose Marie)
“Henrietta Muir Edwards” (Jeanette)
“Louise McKinney” (Evelyn)
“Irene Parlby” (Liz)
Bless ‘em all, Bless ‘em all,
Those women who answered the call
Suffragettes the beginners
They made us all winners
So cheer up dear friends,
Bless us all! (Raise arm!)
Raging Grannies Niagara 