Hungry Children
Tune: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Songwriter: Nora Freeman
Gaggle: New York City Metro
Healthcare Human & Civil Rights
Right here, in our country
There exist
Children who don’t have enough food
They are in our midst
Each day, they go to school with
Emptiness
Grumbling in their tummies
How can they learn like this
No oatmeal, berries, yogurt or
chicken, carrots, or cole slaw
Sustain them
Some wonder why they don’t care to
Read or write like others do
But their hunger
Drains them
Food stamps would help their families
To provide
Enough and more nutritious
Food so their kids can thrive
Farmers’ markets and gardens
Could help a lot
But parents need money to buy food
That’s what so many have not
Their kids need good food just the same
As yours and mi-ine,
We should be ashamed!