New Holiday Carols for Progressive Thinkers

by Nancy Stohlman

The Twelve Days of the Iraq War

On the First Day of the Iraq war, the media said to me:
Weapons of Mass Destruction
On the second day: Orange Alert
On the third day: Must be patriotic
On the fourth day: Osama bin Laden
On the Fifth day: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
On the Sixth day: Operation Freedom
On the Seventh day: Axis of Evil
On the Eighth Day: Why do they hate us?
On the Ninth Day: Abu Ghraib
On the Tenth Day: Islamic Militants
On the Eleventh Day: Civil Liberties
On the Twelfth Day: Gotta bomb Iran


O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Little Town of Bethlehem
how steep that wall doth rise
above they deep and dreamless sleep
An APC rolls by
Yet in thy dark streets shining
An everlasting spotlight
The hopes and fears of all the years
are lost in thee tonight


We Wish You a Fair Election

We wish you a fair election
We wish you a fair election
We wish you a fair election
In this Happy New Year

O Diebold we bring
To you from your king
O Diebold for elections
In this Happy New Year

Now bring us a paper receipt
Now bring us a paper receipt
Now bring us a paper receipt
And bring it right now