Immigrant Rights (McNamara’s Band)
- Sung to
- McNamara’s Band
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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- Read the lyrics through once silently before singing.
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Oh, we ARE the might empire, We pick and choose our guests,
Europeans welcome here – But Mexicans are pests.
We’re ALL in love with family – The Mexicans who come to work
Must leave their children home.
CHORUS:
Stand up and fight for immigrant rights
They come to work – don’t slam the door
Stand up and shout with all your might
We’re all created equal.
Not some less and others more.
I HAVE a friend who’s Mexican –She brightens up my day.
She wishes she could visit home – But danger marks the way.
War profiteers such all the cash – And we see that as fine.
A Mex’can crossing the RIO Grande – Is a very serious crime.
CHORUS
Free traders like to build a wall – So only cash gets through.
If all the riches travel north – The people will come too.
Corn used to be a source of life – And rural people thrived.
But now it’s a commodity – We go north to survive.
CHORUS