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CAMPAIGN CHOIRS
from many cities

singing together
to protest against

DONALD TRUMP’S VISIT
TO LONDON
July 13, 2018

1 DON’T LET TRUMP HAVE HIS WAY (start C)

Tune: traditional, ‘John Brown’s Body’. New words: Raised Voices

Young and old and white and black
Join the march today!
We must defend our human rights
Don’t let corruption pay.
We’re fighting for the future now
And this is what we say:
Don’t let Trump have his way!

Chorus:
We’re marching for the rights of wimmin!
We support asylum-seekers!
We’re demanding climate justice!
Don’t let Trump have his way!

How can we all be reconciled?
How can we stop the hate?
To safeguard life on earth now
We must all co-operate.
If we work together now
We might just win the day.
Don’t let Trump have his way! Chorus

2 REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE (start A)

Tune: Congolese folk song: ‘Si-si Si-si Dolada’. Formerly sung as "Save our Public Services". New words: Raised Voices.

Tune 1:
Say it loud and say it clear
Refugees are we-elcome here.
Say it loud and say it clear
So the politicians can hear.

Tune 2:
Weary feet on the road
On her shoulders a heavy load.
All she loves left behind
For a future she's yet to find.

Tune 3:
O-o-open the door
To the ones escaping from war
Sho-o-ow them the way
Let them enter, and let them stay

(Repeat Tune 1)

3 NOT WELCOME!
(A call/tenor, F# sop, D alto/bass)

To the tune of “We will fight on”. New words by Raised Voices.

1 (Call) Not welcome!

(Tune) We do not welcome Donald Trump (x2)
We do not welcome (x2)
We do not welcome Donald Trump.

(Bass) Not welcome Donald Trump (x2)
Not welcome (x2)
Not welcome Donald Trump.

2 (Call) We won’t hear!

(Tune) We will not hear his words of hate (x2)
We will not hear (x2)
We will not hear his words of hate.

(Bass) Won’t hear his words of hate (x2)
We won’t hear (x2)
Won’t hear his words of hate.

3 (Call) The migrants!

(Tune) Why should the migrants take the blame? (x2) Why should the migrants (x2)
Why should the migrants take the blame?

(Bass) Migrants take the blame (x2)
Why should the migrants (x2)
The migrants take the blame?

4 (Call) Build bridges!

(Tune) We will build bridges not more walls (2)
Bridges not walls (2)
We will build bridges not more walls

(Bass) Bridges not more walls (x2)
We will build bridges (x2)
Bridges not more walls. (Repeat verse 1)

4 YOU AIN’T GONNA RUN OUR WORLD (starts D)

Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger ‘Playboys & Playgirls’. New words Shereen Benjamin and others.
Oh Donald J Trump, you aint gonna run our world, Aint gonna run our world, aint gonna run our world.
Oh Donald J Trump you aint gonna run our world, Not now or no other time.
You billionaire groper ain’t gonna run our world...
You prophet of race-hatred ain’t gonna .....
Your shameless profiteering ain’t gonna .....
Those lies that you’ve been spreading ain’t fooling anyone...

5 DONALD THE PRESIDENT (starts A)
Tune: “Nellie the Elephant”; Words: Clare Isaac, Red Notes Choir.

Donald the President packed his bags
And trundled off to the Whitehouse
Immoral, disastrous, we must get him out
Trump, Trump, Trump

Donald the Twitter fan twiddled his thumbs
And tweeted out from his powerhouse
Misogyny, Racism, Vitriol, Hate
Tweet, Tweet, Tweet

His travel ban caused chaos
The protests went world wide
He’s gagging environmentalists
With climate change denied

Donald the bully boy ‘drained the swamp’
Instead appointed his cronies
Super-rich billionaires, self-serving millionaires
Rich, White Men

Donald the populist, narcissist, fantasist
His ideology’s phoney
The poor dispossessed, forsaken, repressed
Stuffed a - gain

He plans to legalise torture,
And build a massive wall
He trashes civil liberties,
And scorns the rule of law

Donald the Weasel invited Theresal
To cosy up in his Tower House
Special relationship, full of shit, lets dump it
Dump, Dump, Dump

Donald the President, must pack his bags
And trundle out of the Whitehouse
Immoral, disastrous, we must get him out
Trump, Trump, Trump

6 WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE (starts G)

Tune: Traditional, Ash Grove. New words by Susie Mayhew, Sea Green Singers

Don't screw up our climate x3
We don't want you here

Don't disrespect women x3
We don't want you here....continue

Don't start stupid trade wars
Drop Islamophobia
Go easier on immigrants
Do not support racists
Don't foul up your rivers
Don't lie to your people

7 LAY DOWN YOUR SWORD AND SHIELD (starts A)
Tune: 'Down by the Riverside'. Adaptation by Roxane Smith. New words by Raised Voices.

Ain't gonna study war,
Ain't gonna study war…

Lay down your sword and shield
Lay your weapons down,
Lay down your guns
By the riverside.

(Repeat with:)
Lay down your bombs and drones

Let's lay do-o-wn plans for peace

Finish:
Ain't gonna keep Trident...

Lay down your nuclear bombs
Ban those submarines,
Lay down your bombs
By the riverside.

8 SINGING FOR OUR LIVES (starts B)
Song by Holly Near. Arranged by Ian Stirling.

We are a gentle angry people
And we are singing, singing for our lives x 2

We are a justice seeking people...
We are a land of many colours...
We are gay and straight together...
We are an anti-militarist people...
We are resisting climate chaos...

CAMPAIGN CHOIRS

is a country-wide movement of
political street choirs

SINGING FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND FREEDOM

OPPOSING EXPLOITATION, OPPRESSION, MILITARISM AND WAR

We meet in an annual Street Choirs Festival

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