Anishinabek Carols
Union of Ontario Indians staff sing adapted Christmas Carols to make some points!
By Maurice Switzer
JOY TO THE WORLD
F-N-E-A
Val-court de-crees,
Trust us
to teach
your kids!
Forget about the paaaast,
The pain won’t always laaaast;
Give us another chance;
And we will let you dance;
The first thing they’ll learn is to
as-sim-i-late.
DECK THE HALLS
Patrick Brazeau is a doozy,
Fa la la la la, la la la la;
Harper picked him, he’s not choosy,
Fa la la la la, la la la la
In the Senate, he made big bucks,
Fa la la, la la la, la, la, la;
Cross the nation he caused big yucks,
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha!
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
The big-gest bill that was ever passed
Conservatives called it C-4;
Pollutes the waters
of Ca-na-da
In ways never seen
heretofore.
‘Pee on the masses’
the Tories said,
We know what is best for them all;
The best thing to make this a health-y land
is a good dose of fraaacked crude oil!
O HOLY NIGHT
In-dyan Af-fairs
keeps growing like a tu-mour;
They got the bucks
that would cure all our ills.
Five thousand jobs,
for, principally, whiiiite guys,
Our treaty rights
go to pay their rent bills.
They all speak French,
What good is that to Mohawks?
They all drive cars
We pay the gas-o-leen;
Wiiish they would goooo
so faaar no-one could find them;
O niiiight di-viiiine,
That night, when they’re all gone;
O niiiight, di-viiiine,
O niiiight, O night divine.
WE THREE KINGS
Doctors, dentists,
Indian Chiefs;
Fight about
our treaty beliefs;
Prior approval
for teeth removal
Does not bring fast relief.
Ooo-oh
Do we wonder,
do we fuss;
Uninsured benefits
really shaft us;
Generic doses
give us neuroses,
No wonder
why we cuss
