99% Carol

Tidings of (small) Comfort and Joy
(to the tune of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen sung con fuoco (with fire))


We bid you peace and blessings on this cold and wintry day,
With thoughts of friends and kinfolks who are often far away.
The sentiment we feel is love, but also some dismay...
Will you join us in seeking a new way, a new way?
Will you join us in seeking a new way?

The "ninety-nine percenters" are just folks like me and you
The message is a simple one that's long past overdue:
Our government's been sold off to the wealthy and the few...
Will you join us in seeking a new way, a new way?
Will you join us in seeking a new way?

Corruption seems like kudzu, with its deep and spreading roots,
The bankers, politicians, and the rich are in cahoots.
While we do all the labor, "one-percenters" reap the fruits...
Will you join us in seeking a new way, a new way?
Will you join us in seeking a new way?

They tell us we've no money for the old or for our schools.
They hire their workers overseas and think that we are fools;
They're counting on our silence and to just obey their rules...
Will you join us in seeking a new way, a new way?
Will you join us in seeking a new way?

From Austin, Oakland, Ithaca, Seattle, and Duluth,
Let newspapers and networks know we'd like to hear the truth.
Demand to get the money out of every voting booth...
Will you join us in seeking a new way, a new way?
Will you join us in seeking a new way?

They ridicule the Common Good, and say that we're to blame
For making life so difficult ... they really have no shame.
Is this the season's message, just a profit-driven game?
Will you join us in seeking a new way, a new way?
Will you join us in seeking a new way?

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Carol (song)
• OWS
• Occupy
• 99%
• Tidings of Comfort and Joy
• Occupy Northfield

[tootyhoot]

This is Great! I love it! May I use it in Erie PA? We may have to wait till next year but we are not going anywhere!

Suzanne Boone Erie PA Edinboro University.

[bobciernia]

@tootyhoot Please feel free to use it. Change the words as you wish to better suit your circumstances (or the passage of time). Rearrange the verses, drop one or more of them if you want to shorten it. My wife and I wrote the lyrics to say what we're feeling about what has happened to our country. If it says some of the things you've been thinking, sing out!

[themorningshowlive]

Can I air this on my community tv and radio stations? LOVE IT!

[bobciernia]

@themorningshowlive

Please feel free to do so. My wife and I wrote the lyrics and put them into our Christmas card. A friend suggested we record it and put it out on YouTube and so we did.

[KrazyK923]

But...but...but...I thought all the 99%ers were stupid kids who didn't know about the "real world"!??!?!?!?

[Akadesigns]

I love it! Greetings from Norway!

[Peridian23]

Awesome work, you radical youngsters!

[tompoeiowa]

Great video! Looking forward to Valentine's Day song. Keep up the good work.

[tompoeiowa]

@bobciernia Got an email from Occupymn with link to video. I'm out here in central MN, as OccupyMyWorld, a group of one, at the moment. Send me an email tompoe [at] meltel [dot net, and let me know how to donate in-kind or money. Happy Holidays!

[cottintailz]

right on you guys!