Holiday & Celebrations Human & Civil Rights

Have Yourself a True Progressive Christmas

Tune: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Written by: Marcy Matasick
Gaggle: Santa Fe

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SING IT to the tune of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Have yourself a true progressive Christmas
Set your heart a-glow
Let the love & kindness from within you flow

Have yourself a true progressive Christmas
Give your time away
Pick your favorite cause & lend a hand today

All boats rise with a rising tide
Let’s improve all lives, all ways
Keep on striving for equal rights
and for ever brighter days

Every race, religion, age and gender
for them all we’ll fight
Don’t give up ‘til everyone is treated right
Christmas time, and all year long
let’s light the night!

♦ ♦ ♦

Written by

Marcy Matasick

For the

Santa Fe Gaggle

Free to sing, share, and print with credit to Marcy Matasick and the Santa Fe Raging Grannies. Not for sale. raginggrannies.org