AN AKAKA BILL PROTEST SONG
Based on "O Danny Boy," lyrics by Frederick Edward Weatherly, 1848-1929, and the melody, "Londonderry Air"
Danny boys, the bill, the bill is failing--
And will be swept away soon with the tide.
Danner girls, Hawaiians won't be crawling--
Oppression soon must go and we will bide.
So don't come back with falsehoods wrapped in paper,
And don't you bring us laws to take our land.
We'll not agree, in sunshine or in shadow,
O Danny boys, O Danner girls, we'll take a stand.
And till we know the Akaka bill is dying,
Until it's dead, as dead as it can be,
We'll stand and tell the world it's false and lying,
We're never giving in, we will be free.
And we shall hear our children's children's children,
And all their lives shall warmer, sweeter be.
For we'll not stoop to ransom off their freedom.
So boys and girls, give up this travesty!
