Union Songs
Ye Politicians All
(sung to a traditional tune "Ye Jacobites By Name")
Ye politicians all, lend an ear, lend and ear
Ye politicians all, lend an ear
Ye politicians all, our schools are in freefall
You've closing our schools down, don't you dare, have a care
You've shutting our schools down, have a careWhat's right and what is wrong,by the law,by the law
What's right and what is wrong, by the law
What's right and what is wrong, your budget's on the pong
Wou're privatising's wrong, cuts galore, we're at war
Wou're privatising's wrong, we're at warSo leave our schools alone, in this state, in this state
Yes, leave our schools alone, in this state
You leave your schools alone, they're down to skin and bone
Our people are distraught, help us now, come on mate
The people are distraught, come on mateSo Stanhope listen up, listen here, lend an ear
Stanhope listen up, lend an ear
You've lied to us again, you've added to our pain
From howard's ir games. What's your aim? Self acclaim?
Election suicide, that's it's nameYe politicians all, lend an ear, lend and ear
Ye politicians all, lend an ear
Ye politicians all, our schools are in freefall
You've closing our schools down, don't you dare, have a care
You've closing our schools down, have a care
Notes
Many thanks to Mike Fitzgerald for permission to add this song to the Union Songs web collection
"I am an Organiser for AEU in ACT. We had an extended dispute with Jon Stanhope and Andrew Barr (ACT Chief Minister and Minister of Education) though out much of 2006. We organized many stop work meetings (with 500-3500 attendees, depending on the type of stop work meeting) and sang most of the following songs, en masse, outside the ACT Legislative Assembly. The dispute was sent to private arbitration and settled when it was clear to the ACT govt. that the members were becoming energised by the stop works and numbers were increasing over the months, not decreasing, and that they quite a few members knew the songs so well that they could sing the songs without their song sheets!
Some songs; words and music written by Mike Fitzgerald. Some songs; words written to traditional / popular tunes by Bill Book and Mike Fitzgerald"
Find more works by Mike Fitzgerald in this collection
union songs..........a selection by mark gregory