Songs

Three Song Weave

Woman am I, spirit am I

I am the infinite within myself

I can find no beginning, I can see no end

Oh, yes I am

It’s not just the web

It’s the way that we spin it

It’s not just the world

It’s the women that’s in it

It’s not just the struggle

It’s the way that we win it

That’s what makes us strong

It’s not just the power,

It’s the sense of direction

It’s not just the love

It’s the warmth and affection

It’s not that we’re good

We’re just total perfection

That’s what makes us strong

Women like us

Link arms together

Women all over the world

Rise up and shout NO

Malibongwe (traditional women’s song)

Malibongwe, malibongwe (repeat)

I gama lama khosikazi Malibongwe (repeat)

Mayenziwe, mayenziwe (repeat)

Intando yama khosi kazi mayenziwe (repeat)

Diyatshiswa, diyatshiswa (repeat)

Kwana,Frestata,Likapa,diyatshiswa (repeat)

Mazilandwe, mazilandwe (repeat)

Inkokele zethu mazilandwe (repeat)

Makapele amapasi (repeat)

Kulo iswe lethu i Africa (repeat)

Malibongwe, malibongwe (repeat)

I gama lama khosikazi Malobongwe (repeat)

Greenham Witches Song

(written by Sue Popper, Welsh chorus by Diana Bianchi)

We will rise up from the flames,

Higher and higher and higher,

Fire’s strength we will reclaim,

Higher and higher and higher.

Chorus …We are the witches who will never be burned,

                 We are the witches who have learned what it is to be free.

         Gwrachod anorfod.Does dim stop arnom ni, (Indestructable witches, there is no stopping us)

         Gwrachod anorfod,sy’n frwydro i fod yn rhydd. (Indestructable witches as we fight for our right to be free)

Fire of love is burning bright,

Higher and higher and higher,

Flickering, dancing in the night,

Higher and higher and higher,

Chorus……..

Weave your power with the wind,

Higher and higher and higher,

We will change and we will spin,

Higher and higher and higher.

Chorus……..

Women’s fire burns strong and pure,

Higher and higher and higher,

Consuming evil, making sure,

Higher and higher and higher.

Chorus…… 

Adult Human Female

We all know what a Woman is

We all know what a Woman is

Adult human female!

Adult human female!

Bread and Roses

As we go marching, marching
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts gray

Are touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread and roses, bread and roses

Women’s Army

If I could I surely would, stand where my militant sisters stood,

Women’s Army is marching, O sister don’t you weep.

Chorus… O sister don’t you weep don’t you mourn (x2)

Women’s Army is marching, O sister don’t you weep.

One of these days about 12 O’clock, this old world’s gonna reel and rock,

Women’s Army is marching, O sister don’t you weep

Chorus    

Bosses gonna wonder where to run, cos the land will be the people’s when the women are done. Women’s Army is marching, O sister don’t you weep.

Chorus

Sister, sister, don’t be afraid, the women united will come to your aid, Women’s Army is marching, O sister don’t you weep.

Chorus x 2

Gentle Angry Women

We are gentle angry women and we are singing for our lives.

We are gentle angry women and we are singing for our lives.

Hawl i Holi

This song, written in Welsh by Anne Marie, is about free speech for women.

Senzenina

Senzenina, Senzenina, Senzenina, Senzenina (x2)

Sono setu, ubumyama, Sono setu ubumyama (x2)

Women’s Declaration Song

Sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, words Paula BoUlton

We know that girls and women are oppressed because of sex,

And female-only spaces must be guaranteed and kept,

We want the right to fairness and to safety in our sports,

And the cause goes marching on.

Chorus

Sign the Women’s Declaration (x3)

We’re fighting for our rights.

The right to meet, the right to speak, the right to state our views,

The right to hold opinions which are not the same as you.

The right to not be cancelled when we simply speak the truth,

And the cause goes marching on.

Chorus

Educational, political and leisure and the arts,

They need women only spaces if we’re going to make a start,

In organising women as a sex to change the world,

And the cause goes marching on.

Chorus

When we organise together we should do so free from harm,

And our brothers who stand with us must start sounding the alarm,

When abuse, intimidation or harassment is on show,

It’s time to shout out “NO”

Chorus. No more silencing of women x3

Our voices will be heard.