Naomi Klein makes the observation that people don't get too worked up over garbage as long as it's "away." Now we have created this continent of garbage out in the Pacific and I imagine air pollution as being akin to pouring sewage into the rivers and the ocean.
"Who'll Take the Garbage Away" is set to the tune of "Rosin the Beau" also known to many as "Acres of Clams." What a great Celtic melody this is and a fine song structure to work in. I hope you'll consider singing it. It's Public Domain.
I used a capo up two frets, so I'm singing in D.
C F
"Who'll Take the Garbage Away" is set to the tune of "Rosin the Beau" also known to many as "Acres of Clams." What a great Celtic melody this is and a fine song structure to work in. I hope you'll consider singing it. It's Public Domain.
I used a capo up two frets, so I'm singing in D.
Who’ll Take the Garbage Away?
C F
Our house is all filled with garbage
C Am
We make more trash every day
C F
But Daddy takes it out to the can
C G7 C
And the trash man hauls it away
F
And the trash man hauls it away
C Am
And the trash man hauls it away
C F
Daddy takes it out to the can
C G7 C
And the trash man hauls it away
My town is all trashed with litter
With plastic that will not decay
But every spring it gets windy
And the wind blows the litter away
And the wind blows the litter away
And the wind blows the litter away
Every spring it gets windy
And the wind blows the litter away
My grandma loves indoor plumbing
She didn’t have it back in her day
The swill is dumped in the river
And the river floats it away
And the river floats it away
And the river floats it away
The swill is dumped in the river
And the river floats it away
God made the land and the oceans
Seven continents of land so they say
But humans, too, are creators
And we’ve made the eighth in our way
And we’ve made the eighth in our way
And we’ve made the eighth in our way
Humans, too, are creators
And we’ve made the eighth in our way
Our continent is pollution and garbage
Our swill swirls around as it may
The ocean is huge in it’s power
But it can’t go on this a’way
But it can’t go on this a’way
But it can’t go on this a’way
The ocean is huge in it’s power
But it can’t go on this a’way
I heard Pete Seeger tell a story
About people with spoonfuls of sand
They managed to reach the tipping point
With millions of spoonfuls of sand
With millions of spoonfuls of sand
With millions of spoonfuls of sand
They managed to reach the tipping point
With millions of spoonfuls of sand
Corporations act like they’re above it
Like they can live this way
But those super-rich folks have children
And all children will have hell to pay
And all children will have hell to pay
And all children will have hell to pay
Those super-rich folks have children
And all children will have hell to pay
Do you have a child or a grandchild?
Did you have a ma and a pa?
Then you can’t turn your back on this effort
All for one and one for all!
All for one and one for all!
All for one and one for all!
You can’t turn your back on this effort
All for one and one for all!
I’ll clean my room, my house, and my town
And my river in Pete Seeger’s way
But we need a world full of leaders
Who care for more than today
Who care for more than today
Who care for more than today
But we need a world full of leaders
Who care for more than today
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