Jingle bells, mortar shells

Congress Isn't Stopping the War
(To the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town")

You better shape up,
You better get tough.
Or this next election
Is gonna be rough
If Congress doesn't stop the war

We're watching your votes
We're taking good notes
Gonna insist on more than good quotes
Congress isn't stopping the war

We see you when you're voting
We know when you sell out
We know when you don't have the guts
To get our troops right out

So you better shape up,
You better get tough
Or this next election
Is gonna be rough
If Congress doesn't stop the war.

(VARIATION: Substitute Democrats for Congress, with a few word adjustments)

Think that's bad? You ain't heard nothin' yet. Read on ...

There's No Reason To Be Jolly
(To the tune of you know what)

There's no reason to be jolly
Fa la la la la, la la la la
The Iraq war is Bush's folly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la

It's past time to bring the troops home
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Tell the Dems to get some backbone
Fa la la la la, la la la la

No more bloodshed, stop the killing,
End the war and bring them home.

Think you can do better? I hope you'll try. This is your invitation. Submit some lyrics in the comment section.

This is inspired -- if that word can be applied here -- by the fact that there are many antiwar vigils and actions planned between now and the holidays, and some edgy carols would be one way to liven things up. We'll collect them and pass them on to groups planning events, like Iraq Moratorium #4 on Dec. 21, among others.

In Vietnam, we sang holiday classics like:

Jingle bells, mortar shells,
VC in the grass
Take your Merry Christmas
and -- well, you know.

Or this, to the tune of "O Christmas Tree."

We like it here,
We like it here,
You focking A
We like it here.

Although we have malaria,
We still maintain our area.
We like it here,
We like it here.
You focking A we like it here.

(Maybe it wasn't focking, but it was something like that. My memory's getting hazy.)

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