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Photos and Songs: Raging Grannies Against Fracking Protest
photos and songs by members of the Raging Grannies Action League
On September 22, an international day against fracking, the Grannies joined a hundred other demonstrations, staging their own at Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto
On September 22, an international day against fracking, the Grannies joined a hundred other demonstrations, staging their own at Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto
#1 The Monterey Shale
tune: Sweet Betsey from Pike
Oh have you all heard 'bout the Monterey Shale
And how it will BE fracked, have you heard the tale
In nearby Kern county it now has begun
This dastardly deed in our fair state was done
Those o--IL conTRAC-tors use toxics you see
Bad stuff such as methanol, stuff like benzene
Contaminants known to harm you and harm me
We've got to take action- we can't let this be
So pick up your pen and then pick up your phone
And help our dear state be a no-fracking zone
Your children will bless you and their children too
And when they grow up they will tell you: thank you
#2 Frack Frack Fracking Stinks
Tune: row, row , row your boat
Frack frack fracking stinks
Leaks the Methane out
Methane gases are the worst
that we know about
Back back back we say
check the science first
All the mess that fracking brings
Really is the worst
Stop stop stop the frack
Fracking cracks the earth
Earthquake dangers toxics too
what's our planet worth
#3 Fracking Injures Mother Earth
tune: Oh Christmas Tree
Oh fracking injures Mother Earth
And brings and end to spring's rebirth
The water level drops real low
And methane in it brings us woe
Oh Mother Earth will feel a blast
And farmers' crops will dry up fast.
Oh fracking injures Mother Earth
And brings and end to spring's rebirth
The earth beneath our feet will shake
The news will say we've had a quake
The cracked dry earth bakes in the sun
A dust storm sends us on the run
So keep your fracking from our town
'Cause we don't want our water brown
Oh fracking injures Mother Earth
And brings an end to spring's rebirth
####scroll down for photos###
tune: Sweet Betsey from Pike
Oh have you all heard 'bout the Monterey Shale
And how it will BE fracked, have you heard the tale
In nearby Kern county it now has begun
This dastardly deed in our fair state was done
Those o--IL conTRAC-tors use toxics you see
Bad stuff such as methanol, stuff like benzene
Contaminants known to harm you and harm me
We've got to take action- we can't let this be
So pick up your pen and then pick up your phone
And help our dear state be a no-fracking zone
Your children will bless you and their children too
And when they grow up they will tell you: thank you
#2 Frack Frack Fracking Stinks
Tune: row, row , row your boat
Frack frack fracking stinks
Leaks the Methane out
Methane gases are the worst
that we know about
Back back back we say
check the science first
All the mess that fracking brings
Really is the worst
Stop stop stop the frack
Fracking cracks the earth
Earthquake dangers toxics too
what's our planet worth
#3 Fracking Injures Mother Earth
tune: Oh Christmas Tree
Oh fracking injures Mother Earth
And brings and end to spring's rebirth
The water level drops real low
And methane in it brings us woe
Oh Mother Earth will feel a blast
And farmers' crops will dry up fast.
Oh fracking injures Mother Earth
And brings and end to spring's rebirth
The earth beneath our feet will shake
The news will say we've had a quake
The cracked dry earth bakes in the sun
A dust storm sends us on the run
So keep your fracking from our town
'Cause we don't want our water brown
Oh fracking injures Mother Earth
And brings an end to spring's rebirth
####scroll down for photos###
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http://www.RagingGrannies.com.
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