Sea Green Singers, Extinction Rebellion blockade, April 15th 2019 London,

1. Leave the oil in the ground(Tune: Diggers Song)
1. Leave the oil in the ground, sing out now, sing out now,
Leave the oil in the ground, sing out now.
For a future clean and fair, full of life for all to share
We can show the world we care, no more carbon in the air
Leave the oil in the ground

2. Leave the gas beneath the sea, sing out now, sing out now,
Leave the gas beneath the sea, sing out now,
This is an emergency, limit change to two degrees,
The earth’s our treasury, so leave a hopeful legacy,
Leave the gas beneath the sea

3.Leave the coal in the seam, sing out now, sing out now,
Leave the coal in the seam, sing out now,
Let us turn our planet green, making energy that’s clean
Sun and wind and tidal schemes, Come let’s realise our dream
Leave the coal in the seam

4.You gentle people all sing out now, sing out now,
You gentle people all sing out now
This planet to maintain, profiteering we disdain,
Shameless companies we name, public ownership we claim,
Leave the oil in the ground

2. Tar sands - to the tune of 'Daisy, daisy' :
Tar sands, tar sands, what a calamity,
Massive pollution, waste and toxicity,
Ancestral lands and forests,
Despoiled by greed for oil,
Extracting tar to run my car
Causes global catastrophe.


3. Sing for the climate
We need to wake up, we need to rise up,
We need to open up our eyes and do it NOW, NOW, NOW,
we need to build a better future, and we need to start right now.

We're on a planet that has a problem,
We need to solve it, get involved and do it NOW, NOW, NOW,
We need to build a better future.....

Make it greener, make it cleaner,
Make it last, make it fast, and do it NOW, NOW, NOW,
We need to build a better future...

No point in waiting or hesitating,
We must get wise, take no more lies, and do it NOW, NOW, NOW We need to build.....

4. One song, one dance, one world, one chance

5. Transition Town Medley
1. We'll dig the soil and plant our seeds,
We'll dig the soil and plant our seeds,
We wanna eat a local diet,
We'll dig the soil and plant our seeds!

2. Windmills and solar power,
Coming forth to power my home,
Windmills and solar power,
Coming forth to power my home.

3. Take the bus, bus, bus,
Take the train, train, train,
Take the bus, take the train, ride your bike.
When the aeroplanes have gone
I'll stop singing you this song,
Take the bus, take the train, ride your bike!

6. Down where the trees are tall (Down by the riverside)
1. Gotta get to those tropic lands, down where the trees are tall x 3
Gotta get to those tropic lands, down where the trees are tall, down where the trees are tall.

Chorus Don’t want no clearances no more, don’t want no soya fields no more.
Down where the trees are tall, tall, tall.

2. Cos’ they’re pumping out fresh new air, out from those trees so tall x 3
G Gonna breathe me some fresh new air, out from those trees so tall,
Ut out from those trees so tall
Chorus
3. Gonna dance in the rain and mist, Down where the trees are tall x 3
Let the forest folk long exist, down where the trees are tall,
down where the trees are tall.

7. What can we do about global warming
Chorus What can we do about global warming x 3
Shrink our carbon footprint

1 Walk, cycle, bus and train
car share, avoid the plane
holiday at home, learn to love the rain
Shrink our carbon footprint.

2 Insulate homes and get them lined
Stop oil, gas and coal being mined
Use tidal, solar, wind and find we’ll
Shrink our carbon footprint.

3 Organic, local, seasonal eating
Mend, recycle, turn down the heating
Share, cooperate, stop competing
Shrink our carbon footprint.

1. Watch out! The seas are rising
Cry out! The seas are rising
Bale out ! The seas are rising
Save our lovely planet

2. Watch out! The seas are rising
Cry out! The seas are rising
Bale out ! The seas are rising
Save our lovely planet

8. Carbon Free Society (English country garden)
1. How many types of local fruit and veg, in a carbon free society,
Here's all the places we can grow our food, in a carbon free society,
Apple trees along the street, window boxes full of wheat,
Beans in the back, green peas in the park,
There's a busy local market full of local food, in a carbon free society.

2. How many types of transport do we have, in a carbon free society,
Here's all the ways that we can get about, in a carbon free society,
Bicycles for all to share, public transport everywhere,
Cars running on clean energy,
Oh there's bike paths and bus lanes and dancing in the street,
In a carbon free society.

3. How many ways of making energy, in a carbon free society,
Here's how we make all the power that we need, in a carbon....
Windmills turning on the hill, solar power for when it's still,
Geo-thermal heating, hydro schemes,
Oh we're cosy and warm in our insulated homes, in a carbon....

4. How many kinds of fun can you find at the Oxford City Farm?
Here’s where you learn where all your food comes from at the Oxford City Farm.
Visiting the pigs is fun, watering weeding must be done.
Beans in the ground and pumpkins abound.
So work, play enjoy yourself and come and have some fun at the Oxford City Farm?

9. Lay down your rigs & drills (Aint gonna study war no more):
Lay down your rigs and drills, lay your drill rigs down,
lay down your rigs by the riverside
Gas, gas no more, gas, gas no more, Lay down your rigs,
lay down your rigs by the riverside
Aint gonna frack for gas no more (x2), Lay down your rigs, by the riverside.

Raides Voices SONGSHEET 15th April 2019
We are people from Raised Voices and other political choirs.
Raised Voices is a political choir based in North London.
To find out more, visit: www.raised-voices.org.uk

See SGS song 3 above
1 BELLA CIAO (A) Traditional. Arr. Ian Stirling. same as Sing for the Climate - SGS song 3
Repeat all 4 verses, them repeat the final refrain: “ we
need to build”

2 BLOWING IN THE WIND (G, low part: C)
Original: Bob Dylan; Adapt. by: Morag Carmichael (RV)
How many roads must we humans walk down,
Till we know we are one humankind?
(Yes and) how many ice caps will melt to the sea?
How many lands will be drowned?
(Yes and) how many deep sea wells will leak oil,
before they are forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. (x 2)
How many years can a mountain exist,
before it's blasted to the ground?
(Yes and) how many years can forest people exist
before their trees are cut down?
(Yes and) how many planets will we need to survive,
unless we turn things around?
The answer.....
How many times do we need to look up,
before we can see the sky?
(Yes and) how many ears must one person have,
before they can hear people cry?
(Yes and) how many deaths will it take till we know that
too many people have died?
The answer....

3 PACHAMAMA
(short version, inspired by Indigenous American
principles)
Pachamama X5 in Tenors, others X4
Hey yanna , ho yanna, hey yan yan X2
(Pachamama X5 in tenors)
The earth is bleeding, the earth is dying,
It’s time to stop the devastation,
We cannot eat money, We cannot drink oil.
Leave the oil in the ground, Keep the woodland and forest
Let the mountains be
It’s time for nurture and healing now.
Leave the shale gas in the ground
Keep our land free from fracking
Let our water be, And don’t risk earthquakes
It’s time for healing now.
REPEAT from “Leave the oil….”
THEN REPEAT initial “Pachamama”
And” Hey Yanna…”

4 ONE SONG (D) -
One song, one dance
One world, one chance (x 5) (x3)

5 THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, Music and lyrics Bythe Pepino, XR
I’m sorry my friends, I didn’t want to sto-op you
when you were having such a fine time
But this is an emergency, Your house is all on fire
And if we do not rise up now, All this will turn to ashes

I’m sorry my friends, I didn’t want to trouble you
when you were having such a hard time
But this is an emergency, The water’s are all climbing
And so we have to rise up now, Or we will soon be drowning

I’m sorry my chil-dren, I didn’t want to frighten you
and this is no ghost story
This is an emergency, Our leaders have all failed us
And so we have to rise up now
And join the rebellion, And so we have to rise up now
And form the rebellion

6. CARBON NEUTRAL SOCIETY (C - see SGS song 8

7. THOSE WERE THE DAYS (E) Lyrics Julia Clarke & Maggie Sobiech
Once we gloried in the earth’s resources
Helped ourselves to everything we found
Gamblers learnt the game of market forces
Played with euro, dollar, yen or pound.
Those were the days my friend, We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose, We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
First we heard that temperatures were rising
Melting icecaps – earthquakes, floods and drought
Gamblers put out stories emphasising
Odds that put this climate change in doubt
These are the days my friend, and now we must defend
Our planet earth from destructiveness and greed
To save the atmosphere, we’ll shout it loud and clear,
We will not buy more stuff that we don’t need.
Then we saw how war between the nations
Serves the gamblers’ interests very well
Shock and horror’s good for corporations
They don’t care if we all burn in hell.
These are the days my friend, And now we must defend…. etc
Corporate interests rule the politicians
When I buy their products they rule me
Revolutions start from small beginnings
Forest fires will spread from one small tree.
These are the days my friend, And now we must defend…. etc x 2

8 CONSUME DOOM DOOM (A and F)
(Tune: Da Doo Ron Ron., Words:Camilla Cancantata and Morag Carmichael)
Walking down the high street with my take-away
Consume doom, doom, doom, Consume doom, doom
Send it to the landfill and have a nice day Consume, etc.
(ba-du-ba) Yeah, 'twon’t bio-de-grade
(ba-du-ba) Yeah, it’s all man-made
(ba-du-ba) Yeah, the workers are badly paid Consume
etc.
Take away, throw away (x 6) Stop!

Walking down the high street when I saw the light
Consume etc.
Looked into the future and I had a fright Consume etc.
(ba-du-ba) Yeah, it’s looking bad
(ba-du-ba) Yeah, the world’s gone mad
(ba-du-ba) What's happened to the earth we had?
Consume etc.
Take away etc.(x 6) Stop!

Now's the time for us to turn this round
It’s our wake-up call, it’s our wake-up call.
Plant more trees instead of cutting them down
It’s our wake-up call, it’s our wake-up call.
(ba-du-ba) Let's end this pollu-ution
(ba-du-ba) That's part of the solu-ution
(ba-du-ba) And we need a revolu-ution
It’s our wake-up call, it’s our wake-up call
Sustainability, sustainability,
Biodiversity, biodiversity,
Care for the earth, care for each other and more!

Walking down the high street with my spade and hoe
We plant our own now, we plant our own
Digging up potatoes and watching beans grow,
We plant our own now, we plant our own
(ba-du-ba) Solar panels on the old town hall
(ba-du-ba) Green jobs make a living for all,
(ba-du-ba) Working together is our answer to that call
It's our wake-up call, it's our wake-up call.
Sustainability (repeat chorus)
This is our wake-up call (x 2)

9 SLEEPWALKERS ALL (Eflat)
(Round, sing as three parts)
Sleepwalkers all
No / more delusion
Planet Earth is sounding
Our wake up call