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Thread #37055   Message #515911
Posted By: AllisonA(Animaterra)
27-Jul-01 - 10:58 AM
Thread Name: Help me sing with Granny D
Subject: LYR ADDl DO RE MI adapted
Well, I got inspired and wrote this little ditty. Dunno if I'll use it. Now if I could just remember the melody to the verses!

DO RE MI
by Allison Aldrich Cobb, with apologies to Woody Guthrie

1. Lots of folks up North they say
Call their rep every day
Ask him to do the honest work down in that old D.C.
Emails, faxes, and the phone
Telling him what must be done
They think he means just what he says,
But this is what they find-
At the end of a busy voting day,
Your congressman in Washington will say:

REFRAIN If you ain't got that do re mi, folks,
If you ain't got that do re mi,
You better go back to beautiful Concord,
Westmoreland, Claremont, Keene now, don't you see?
Now Washington's a garden of Eden
A paradise to work in or see
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got that do re mi!

2. If you want to let your voice be heard
Don't be silent, spread the word
Let the people know that this is a democracy.
Let the man who's been selected
Worry if he'll be re-elected
Or else just take this little tip from me.
Because I read the paper every day
Ahd even on NPR here's what they say: REFRAIN