Raging Grannies started in western Canada as a protest against nuclear weapons and the ships that carry them. The Maine chapter rages against the system that allows military madness, environmental degradation and human rights violations to become the norm. We write new words to well-known songs and sing them at demonstrations. We sang the following song at the launching of the latest Aegis Destroyer at Bath Iron Works on November 20.
Build a Ship For MeTo the tune of Waltzing Mathilda
Out with the navy from the shores of the KennebecOut with the navy one, two, three
Keep all the millwrights, carpenters and architests
Down on the Kennebec to build a ship for me
Chorus
Build me a freighter
Build me a ferry
Down at the shipyard, buyild one for me
Keep all the millwrights, carpenters and architects
Down on the Kennebec to build a ship for me
Build me a peaceship rather than a warship
Build me a peaceship to sail from sea to sea
Fill it with hope and food for all the hungry world
Down at the shipyard, build one for me
Chorus
from Peace Talk, December, 1999
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