A musical response to the BP
Gulf Oil DIsaster . . . Pump it up loud and put it in the air!
Please
listen, post in your social network news feed, to groups concerned about this
issue, record your own version, perform at protest events and coffeehouses, use
as soundtrack for videos about the Gulf of Mexico BP disaster (and post on You
Tube). . . sing it and
dance to it in your spare time! Write your own songs and spread those too!
Let's
build a culture of resistance!
Please
send responses and links to other variations, you-tube, etc. to
bwitanek@igc.org
Check out more on David Blanche at his Reverb
page!
Fishermen’s Revolt (Down by the Riverside)
Copyright 2010 Bob Witanek
Soon to be a major motion picture . . . coming to a street near you . . .
Gonna lay down my fishing pole!
Down by the riverside . . .
Down by the riverside . . .
Down by the riverside . . .
Gonna lay down my fishing pole!
Coz all the fish are dead!
All the fish are dead . . . can you hear me what I said
All the fish are dead . . .
All the fish are dead . . . can you hear me what I said
All the fish are dead . . .
When I cast my Mister Twister out . . .
The whole thing disappeared
There ain’t no fish in here
The whole thing disappeared
When I cast my Mister Twister out . . .
The whole thing disappeared . . .
There ain’t no fish in hear!
Tell me why the oil spill?
Why’d they have to drill?
Why the oil spill?
Why the oil spill?
Why’d the fish get killed?
Why the oil spill?
As I walk on down the riverside . . .
Up to my knees in dead fish
My nose it started to twitch
My eyes they began to itch
As I walk on down the river side
My stomache it heaved a wretch
Coz all the fish were dead
All the fish are dead
All the fat cats are fed
All the fish are dead
All the fish are dead
All the dirty rats are fed
All the fish are dead
Gonna over throw the government
Down by the river side
Down by Potomac side
Down by the river side
Gonna over throw the government
Down by the river side
Coz all the fish are dead!
All the fishermen
Gonna march on Washington
Coz all the fish are dead!
And we’ll have our poles in hand
We’ll be there to take our stand
Coz all the fish are dead!
As you feel that crack across your head
Remember that fishing pole
For all the times you’ve trolled
Swing that fishing pole
As you feel that crack across your head
Swing that fishing pole!
Coz all the fish are dead!
All the fish are dead
All the fat cats are fed
All the fish are dead
All the fish are dead
All the dirty rats are fed
All the fish are dead
As your driving on down the highway
See that BP sign
Keep on driving on down the line
Don’t stop no matter the time
Keep on driving on down the highway
Make BP Pay for its crime
Coz all the fish are dead!
(Gets real slow here and serious – almost insane)
All the fish . . .
All the baby dolphins . . .
The whales and the sharks . . .
The endangered sea turtles . . .
The pelicans and sea gulls . . .
The eels and the crabs . . .
The shrimp and the sea weed . . .
(etc – continue to name numerous forms of sea life) . . .
Are . . . . d e a d!
