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Gaggle Against Guns
- Sung to
- Side by Side
- Written by
- Laurie Rostholder
- Gaggle
- Seattle
Source
The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993, adapted by Laurie Rostholder
No recording on file
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Italic word Inflection / stress
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Tips from the gaggle
- Read the lyrics through once silently before singing.
- If the original tune is unfamiliar, look it up first.
- Modify freely. Every gaggle adapts songs to local issues.
SING IT to the tune of Side by Side
Oh, we’re a gaggle of Grannies,
Urging you off of your fannies,
We’re raising our voice
We want a new choice—
NO MORE GUNS!
The NRA likes its shooting.
Its influence is polluting.
We need to portray
A much better way.
NO MORE GUNS!
We need to solve the problems
That underlie this mess.
Poverty, despair addictions,
Are issues to address!
Soooo, join this gaggle of Grannies.
Get up off of your fannies!
We’re telling you now,
We’re angry and how!
NO MORE GUNS!
We really mean it—NO MORE GUNS!
We mean precisely—NO MORE GUNS!
We will say it very nicely—NO MORE GUNS!
READ OUR LIPS! (mouth silently, No more guns!)
♦ ♦ ♦
Written by
Laurie Rostholder
For the
Seattle Gaggle