Too Many Children Have Died
- Sung to
- Blowin' in the Wind
- Written by
- Sheila Plotkin
- Gaggle
- Madison
- Filed
- January 1, 1970
Familiar with the tune? Grab a hat, gather some friends, and sing it at your next action.
- Read the lyrics through once silently before singing.
- If the original tune is unfamiliar, look it up first.
- Modify freely. Every gaggle adapts songs to local issues.
How many drills in your primary school
Before the kids are secure?
How many times have they called “Code Red”
And is that enough to be sure?
How many weapons of war are for sale,
And how hard are they to procure?
The answers, my friends, are in your daily news.
The answers are in that awful news.
How many children have died in their schools,
While lawmakers fund their next run?
Why is the freedom to live and grow up
Worth less than possession of guns?
How many times can we just turn away
While parents lose daughters and sons?
The answers, my friends, are in our children’s eyes.
The answers are in their frightened eyes.
How many times must our leaders be told,
You’ll act now, or we’ll say good bye?
How many ears must our leaders have
Before they can hear babies cry?
How many deaths will it take till they know
That too many children have died?
All the answers, my friends, are at the polling place.
The answer is at the polling place.