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Sea Green Singers - Suggested Songsheet for NHS Demo, 4 March 2017 |
The route is Tavistock
Square, Gordon Square, Gower St, Bloomsbury St, Shaftesbury Avenue,
Charing Cross Rd, Whitehall, Parliament Square. Assemble 1200 Tavistock
square, short rally then move off 1pm, arriving Parliament Square about
2.30pm for a rally which should finish between 3.30pm and 4pm. |
Songsheet for 4th March
demo
Assemble: 12pm, Tavistock Square, London - March to Parliament Song Start Note / Key Conductor 1 WE’LL FIGHT ON (A call/ten, F#sop, Dalt/bass) ST conduct 2 BELLA CIAO (NHS VERSION) starts in A RV conduct 3 WAVE BYE BYE TO PFI NHS Version (Starts on C & is in key of F) Liverpool conduct 4 TORY TOFFs (starts E) ST conduct 5 SIYA HAMBA (BassD, Tenor B, Alto/Sop D) - ST to conduct 6 TORY BOYS’ PICNIC (starts A and is in Dminor) - Liverpool conduct 7 STAND UP (round) - Lotte to conduct 8 BAMBA-LE-LA / NEVER GIVE UP (Bass G, tenor B, sop/alto D) Lizzie or Ros conduct? 9 NOT IN MY NAME (Starts C) ST 10 SAVE OUR PUBLIC SERVICES (Starts B) Lizzie or Ros conduct? 11 SOS ? Who will conduct? 12 OH! MS THERESA (E) CG conduct 13 NHS CONGA (E) ST to conduct. 14 FAT CATS (Bfl) Liverpool conduct 15 WE WILL RISE! ? Lotte to conduct 16 OH WE DO WANT TO KEEP OUR A & E (C) ST conduct 17 I WANT TO HAVE AN NHS LIKE YOU ? Leslie conduct 18 ANTI-PRIVATISATION SONG (D) Moira conduct 19 POWER IN THE UNION (BassD, TenorG, AltoB, SopG) Key of G Moira conduct 1. WE’LL FIGHT ON (A call/ten, F#sop, Dalt/bass) We’ll fight on We will fight on against the cuts (x2) We won’t pay We will not pay the bankers’ debts The poorest Why should the poorest foot the bill? The NHS We will defend the NHS (repeat Verse 1) 2 BELLA CIAO (NHS VERSION) (A) NHS version by Raised Voices with additions Oh we are marching, for all the nurses. Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao. They have worked to care for patients, and we’ll work to save them now Oh we are marching, for all the doctors Oh bella ciao..... They have fought to save their patients, and we’ll fight to save them now Oh we are marching for all the patients Oh bella ciao ...... They need a good & local service0 and we’ll march to save it now The public sector is for the people, Oh bella ciao… The public sector is for the people Not for sale to profiteers. Oh we are marching for all the workers. Oh bella ciao .... You are the people who keep things running, and we’ll fight to keep you now They cut the funding, they cut the workers, Oh bella ciao.. They cut the funding, they cut the workers, Ain’t no ‘Big Society’! 3 WAVE BYE BYE TO PFI NHS Version (C) Tune Hokey Cokey (trad/Tabor) New Words by Liverpool Socialist Singers They take our taxes in, they pay our taxes out They give them to the bankers and they shake them all about They build some swanky hospitals and close the rest That’s why we want them out! (OUT) Chorus Oooooh Tories are pollution Weee’ve got a cool solution Bring on the revolution Wave bye bye to PFI 4 TORY TOFFS (E) Tune: John Brown’s Body tradnl. Young and old and white and black, Join the march today. We must defend our services And make the bankers pay. We’re fighting for our future now And this is what we say: No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts! Chorus: Tory, Tory cuts no thanks, Ma-am, Fox and Hunt love the ban-kers We think they’re a load of (……)Tory Toffs, No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts. Our hospitals and nurseries Are there for human need. Our libraries and schools are there To help our children read. They’re not there to make profit from Or serve the bankers’ greed. No ifs, no buts, no NHS cuts. (Chorus) 5 SIYA HAMBA (BassD,TenB, AltD, SopD) Tune: Trad. South African Arrangement: Niels Erlank/ John Hamilton. Words: Trad. South African (additional Liverpool Socialist Singers) Siya hamb’ ekameni lokolo. (x 4) (kolo) Siya hamba, hamba, siya hamba, hamba siya hamb’ ekameni lokolo (kolo). 1. We are singing out against the cuts... 2. We are fighting for the NHS... 3. We demand the best social care... 4. We are marching for health care for all 6 TORY BOYS’ PICNIC (A) Words: Liverpool Socialist Singers Tune:Teddy Bears’ Picnic; Tune A: If you go out for a walk today You’d better not catch a cold. You’ll end up going to hospital And finding that it’s been sold, The Tories have cut the National Health And sold it off to private wealth; Today’s the day we’re gathering for a fightback! They’ve got our hospitals and our adult care Our nurseries and meals on wheels, it just isn’t fair They put them out for tender and they fell apart That’s why we want them out! (OUT) CHORUS 7 STAND UP (round) Stand up people make a choice Create a world that’s fair for us all all together we are strong Break the austerity chain 8 BAMBA-LE-LA / NEVER GIVE UP (Bass G, tenor B, sop/alto D) Xhosa,S.Africa: ‘Hold on’ (Call) Sizo bamba-le-la, Oh (Tune) Bamba-le-la, bamba-le-la Oh, bamba-le-la, bamba-le-la, Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba Bamba, oo-ooh, bamba Bamba-le-la. (Repeat verse) (Call) You must never give up – Oh (Tune) Never give up, never give up…etc. (End by repeating verse 1) 9 NOT IN MY NAME (C) Words and music Mal Finch. Updated John Hamilton We can see the forces gathering Like so many times before, Working for us, they say, As they cut more and more. They are claiming to be standing For democracy, But their voices would be silenced If democracy could speak. CHORUS: You’re not doing it in my name x 8 Politicians from their pedestals Talk of ‘big society’ For ‘community’ and ‘self-help’ Read ‘bonuses’ and ‘greed’ We’re the champions of justice Of that there is no doubt. But if justice could speak we tell you Justice would shout! CHORUS 11 SOS Tune: John Jordan. Words: Mavis Cook SOS, SOS, Nurses, patients in distress. Help to save the NHS 12 OH! MS THERESA (E) Tune: Oh Mr.Porter Words: Norma & Alun Parry New version (Lotte, Cor Gobaith) Oh, Ms Theresa, what can I do I don’t know how it happened that I ended up with you with Boris, Hunt and Amber messing up the land Oh, Ms Theresa, I just don’t understand. CHORUS (starts C#): Oh Ms Theresa, please don't think me mean But I really think we should bring back the guillotine For you and Hunt and Amber & Boris Johnson too, They're the only kind of cuts I want to see from you. Oh Ms Theresa, you may be stinking rich That doesn't make it fair to throw Our healthcare in the ditch Pawn it all for profit and it isn't hard to guess We'll rot away if we can't pay: hands off our NHS! CHORUS Oh Ms Theresa, I know what I'll do We'll have a revolution, a-and we'll get rid of you. You and all your cronies banished from the land We'll have the workers run the show - Now wouldn't that be grand! CHORUS 10 SAVE OUR PUBLIC SERVICES (B) Tune: Congolese folksong: Si Si Do-le-da Words: Raised Voices Save our public services This is not the only way out (x2) Dashing hopes, crushing dreams. This is not the only way out (x2) Stand up and shout. This is not the only way out (x2) 2 You think you are such bright sparks But really you’re just loan sharks! Na na na na CH! x 2 So now you've got us in this mess We'd better save our NHS Na na na na CH! x 2 And then you hit tax-dodgers like Google & McDonalds For axing health is not the way Perhaps you'll sell Big Ben one day Na na na na CH! x 2 We came, we saw, we conga'd, and we will see them conquered Na na na na CH! x 2 |
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