When the Drills come rolling in (When the Saints) Oil/Gas VERSION for Ireland

Listen to the tune HERE
to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In” with some unusual bits. Good to have a listen.
new words by Paul Spencer, Owen English and Cath Blakey

We’re gonna sing, sing, sing,
We’re gonna shout, shout, shout,
We’re gonna sing, we’re gonna shout,
Ban the drills!

If those drilling rigs arrive
We’re gonna blockade side to side,
We’re gonna sing, we’re gonna shout,
#BantheDrills.

Chorus:
Oh When the drills
Come rolling in,
Oh when the drills come rolling in,
We’re gonna be there to stop them,
When the drills come rolling in.

2. You can jail us and our friends,
We’re gonna be there till the end…

3. Laugh at fines and scorn your bail,
We’re not even scared of jail,…

4. On the streets and in the courts,
And at the company’s headquarts,

5. From Cork to Donegal, you will hear this mighty call …

6. Deep sea corals at the site, will be dead if we don’t fight …

Can you Hear the Drums ADANI?

Writers of original Fernando: Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Repurposing: Jenny Fitzgibbon

Hear a full sung version HERE which you can use if there’s no local person who wants to sing it but you’d like your local rep to hear it.

Photo of the Chord chart I used is also on the above link.

Can you hear the drums, Adani?
I remember long ago when burning
coal spread warm delight
In the firelight, Adani
Generations fell in love
while maybe strumming on guitars
Not a thought of distant drums
No knowledge of disaster falling from the stars

(But) now we know the truth Adani
Every man & every woman knows t cause of climate change
We are not afraid, Adani
For the Earth we’ll stand our ground
And your Headquarters occupy
W’ won’t be ashamed of jail
The act of non-compliance is our battle cry

There’s more carbon in the air each night
We’ve got to fight Adani
Causing climate change for you and me
(There’s) no planet B, Adani
And we know that we must never lose      The stage is set –
We’ll occupy your office suite  Until you’re beat Adani.

We’ll visit you at port and pit  Until you quit Adani

 

When we’re old and grey Adani
We’ll remember what we did when danger
looked us in the eyes
Will you dig that coal Adani?
Hist’ry will recall your part (if you) poison water with your hand
Can you see it in our eyes
How proud we are to fight for farmers in this land

There’s more carbon in the air each night    We’ve got to fight Adani
Causing climate change for you and me    (There’s) no planet B, Adani
And we know that we must never lose               The stage is set –
We’ll occupy your office suite  Until you’re beat Adani.
We’ll visit you at port and pit  Until you quit Adani
We’ll sing and dance and use our luuuuuungs  –

Can you hear the drums?  Adani

When the Rigs come rolling in (When the Saints) COAL VERSION for Maules Creek

Tune HERE
to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In”
new words by Paul Spencer, Owen English and Cath Blakey
Coal-ized by Jessie and Jen at Camp Wando

We’re gonna sing, sing, sing,
We’re gonna shout, shout, shout,
We’re gonna sing, we’re gonna shout,
Stop the Mine, (OR Stop the drills)

When the blasting rigs arrive,    OR    When Whitehaven Coal arrives OR … (When the drilling rigs arrive
We’re gonna blockade side to side,
We’re gonna sing, we’re gonna shout,
Stop the Mine.

Chorus:
Oh When the drills (OR When the rigs)
Come rolling in,
Oh when the drills come rolling in,
We’re gonna be there to stop them,
When the drills come rolling in.

2. You can jail us and our friends,
We’re gonna be there till the end…

3. Laugh at fines and scorn your bail,
We’re not even scared of jail,…

4. On the streets and in the courts,
And at the company’s headquarts,