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== Songs from last time that we're likely to do again this Friday (but we won't get to all of them) ==
* [[This Little Light of Mine]]
* [[We Shall Not Be Moved]]
* [[If I Had a Hammer]]
* [[Banks of Marble]]
* [[Hallelujah, I'm a Bum]]
* [[Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around]]
* [[We're Gonna Roll the Movement On]]
* [[MTA Charlie]]
* [[Hold On]] (Keep Your Eyes on the Prize)
* [[No More!]] (Song for the Occupations; w: Vicki Ryder, m: Oh, Mary Don't You Weep; [http://nycmetro.raginggrannies.org/OccupyWallStreet.htm lyrics])
* [[John Ball]]
* [[Bring Out the Banners]]
* [[This Land Is Your Land]]


=== Songs from last time that we're likely to do again this Friday (but we won't get to all of them): ===
== New songs (again, we won't get to all of them, but maybe the first five) ==
<div>This Little Light of Mine (Anabel has found updated words)</div><div>We Shall Not Be Moved</div><div>If I Had a Hammer</div><div>Banks of Marble</div><div>Hallelujah, I'm a Bum</div><div>Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around</div><div>We're Gonna Roll the Movement On</div><div>MTA Charlie</div><div>Hold On (Keep Your Eyes on the Prize)</div><div>No More! (Song for the Occupations)</div><div>John Ball</div><div>Bring Out the Banners</div><div>This Land Is Your Land</div><div><br/></div>
* [[Sit Down]] (by Maurice Sugar and Peggy Seeger; [http://docs.google.com/document/d/1oUDUHD4Nhua9LvjPT7oSmlQcvK7voKaBAGsiD9f-PIQ/edit lyrics], [http://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_XBtSTPpOsrYmQwZWVmMmMtNjhkNi00MDE1LWI0YzYtMWY1MmY4Y2ZmMDdk mp3], [[media:SitDown.pdf|pdf w/ dots]])
=== New songs (again, we won't get to all of them, but maybe the first 5): ===
* [[Rolling Home]] (by John Tams)
<div><br/></div><div>Sit Down (Maurice Sugar and Peggy Seeger)</div><div>Rolling Home (John Tams)</div><div>You Gotta Go Down And Join The Sit-in (from adaptation by Woody Guthrie)</div><div>Where Have All the Flowers Gone</div><div>Study War No More (as a nod to Veteran's Day)</div><div>When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs)</div><div>Farther Along</div><div>Go Down Moses</div><div><br/></div>
* [[You Gotta Go Down and Join the Sit-in]] (w:from adaptation by Woody Guthrie; m: Lonesome Valley)
* [[Where Have All the Flowers Gone]] (by Pete Seeger)
* [[Study War No More]] (as a nod to Veteran's Day)
* [[When I'm Gone]] (by Phil Ochs)
* [[Farther Along]]
* [[Go Down Moses]]


== <span style="font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">* One of the new songs is WALL STREET SIT DOWN - USA (original tune &&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">idea: Maurice Sugar, new words Peggy Seeger). H</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">ere's a recording:</span> ==
== Songs we may try in the future ==
* [[They're Taking It Away]] (by Ian Robb)
* [[Doggone]] (Occupation is on; by Hezekiah Jenkins, Dave Lippmann & Peggy Seeger: [http://docs.google.com/document/d/1t1h3aQNAW1OCSMpo4YsNLfVnVS6M59gjeMjRqA9mIdg/edit lyrics], [http://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_XBtSTPpOsrZWJjZjkwZTgtNjQ3Yi00Y2JmLWE4OWEtZjY3NGQ0ZDc0OWIw mp3], [[media:Doggone.pdf|pdf w/ dots]])
* [[Bread and Roses]]
* [[OWS Song|Occupy Wall Street]] (by Chris Nauman)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xo8Y-bf3Ek&feature=share The Fox is in the Henhouse] (by Edmund Robinson)
* [[Jolly Banker]] (by Woodie Guthrie)
* [[Banker's Lament]] (Scott Lee's variant of Jolly Banker)


[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_XBtSTPpOsrYmQwZWVmMmMtNjhkNi00MDE1LWI0YzYtMWY1MmY4Y2ZmMDdk https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_XBtSTPpOsrYmQwZWVmMmMtNjhkNi00MDE1LWI0YzYtMWY1MmY4Y2ZmMDdk]<br/><br/><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">* Another of the new songs is Rolling Home, by John Tams:</span><br/>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLa5Tn3-5k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLa5Tn3-5k]<br/>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.thorp/lyrrhome.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.thorp/lyrrhome.htm]<br/><br/><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">* We may also try "You Gotta Go Down and Join the Sit-in", which&nbsp;</span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">should be both easier and more familiar.</span><br/><br/><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">* We could use a few more good, easy, familiar songs, but we want them&nbsp;</span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to be both rousing and appropriate.</span>
== Other song suggestions ==
 
* Miner's Lifeguard
 
* Commonwealth of Toil
 
* [[We Are the Many]], by Makana
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* [http://www.emmasrevolution.com/new/2011/oct/20/free-download-occupy-usa/ Occupy USA], by Emma's Revolution
* [http://nycmetro.raginggrannies.org/OccupyWallStreet.htm Raging Grannies songbook]

Latest revision as of 07:29, 29 November 2011

Back to Singing

Songs from last time that we're likely to do again this Friday (but we won't get to all of them)

New songs (again, we won't get to all of them, but maybe the first five)

Songs we may try in the future

Other song suggestions