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Dangerous Grannies
- Sung to
- Shortnin' Bread
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of Shortnin' Bread
Grannies’ songs are dangerous
Threatening, threatening
Subversively they thumb the nose at powers that be
Police will come and lock them up
Shut them up, tie them up
Grannies should be home in bed, snoring, snoring
Grannies should not rage~-where is their dignity?
Never mind the rights and wrongs
Stop their songs, stop their songs
Protests are ilIegal–just you wait and see.
Grannies’ songs are dangerous
Threatening, threatening
Subversively they thumb the nose at powers that me.
Police will come and lock them up
Shut them up, tie them up
Fancy us supposing that speech is free!
OH, SILLY ME!
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Written by
Unlisted Songwriter
For the
Seattle Gaggle