The Alberta Gerrymandering Song
- Sung to
- The Ash Grove
- Written by
- Rebecca Brown
- Gaggle
- Calgary
- Filed
- September 21, 2026
Familiar with the tune? Grab a hat, gather some friends, and sing it at your next action.
- 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.
The map it looked neat ’til the UCP said
That they want to make sure that they’ll stay here instead!
So, they’ll draw new lines that will change things forever,
And if we don’t fight it,
Democracy’s dead!
They’ll make pizza slices
Around all our cities
To make sure that rural votes water them down.
Some places are split up, cos they might just vote wrong,
That’s how gerrymanders ensure they stay in.
So, raise up your voices, for we must all fight this,
For when it was tested in court voters won!
We can’t let them make lines just anywhere they want,
For rural and urban are just not the same.
They’ll make pizza slices
Around all our cities
To make sure that rural votes water them down.
Some places are split up, cos they might just vote wrong,
That’s how gerrymanders ensure they stay in.