Christmas Carols
All we want for Christmas is a world without climate change.
One way of ensuring that is to make sure that our elected leaders know that we want them to commit to climate action.
Join the Climate Rush choristers to sing Climate Carols to MPs, shopping malls and more. Join our Facebook event or email us today to get involved: [email protected].
You can practice the carols at home before joining on of our carol singing concerts. Please share the below words, and organise local carol sing-songs in your town square (or other relevant public space).
I saw three ships come sailing by
On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve
The ships had presents three miles high
On Christmas eve in the morning
The fish wives came and bought the toys
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
And gave them to the girls and boys
On Christmas day in the morning
The children took the toys to play
On boxing day, on boxing day
And then they threw the toys away
On boxing day in the morning
The ships and toys all disappeared
To China’s shores, to China’s shores
They’ll lie there for ten thousand years
For just one day of glory
On the twelfth day of UN Climate talks world leaders gave to me
Twelve great big cop outs
Eleven crap excuses
Ten islands drowning
Nine glaciers shrinking
Eight tax exemptions
Seven corporate interests
Six million species dying
Five CDMs
Four empty words
Three frank lies
Two total fibs
And a big dose of insincerity
I’m dreaming of a green planet
Just like the one there used to be
Where the treetops glisten, and MPs listen
To science facts and then they’ll be
Working towards a green future
With parliamentary debate
So our future’s merry and bright
And so all our Christmases are white
Silent spring Silent spring
Change things now, MPs join us, sing
The old ways just can’t provide
Be modern, invest and survive
A greener future is near
A greener future is near
