Fraser-Hickson Blues (with Trumpet)
Fraser-Hickson Blues (without trumpet)
Fraser-Hickson Blues
by Vivienne Deane 2006
THE FRASER-HICKSON INSTITUTE, A HUNDRED YEARS OF GREAT REPUTE
IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN BEFORE OUR EYES
WE'RE ALL CRYING OUT FOR LITERACY, BUT DIGNITY FOR YOU AND ME IN N.D.G. IS JUST ABOUT TO FLY
NO MORE BOOKS FOR OUR BABIES, NO MORE CENTER FOR OUR TEENS, OR THE ELDERS THAT HAVE COME
TO SPEND SOME TIME.
PLAYING CHESS IN THE HALLWAY, READING UP ON THE LATEST NEWS
WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY GO TO BEAT THE BLUES?
TO THE BARS ACROSS THE STREET , MAYBE GAMBLING AT CASINO'S PUTTING LOONIES IN THE SLOTS ONE AT
A TIME?
WITH MERGERS AND DE-MERGERS
WEST-MOUNT AND COTE ST LUC
CAN WE OF NOTRE DAME DE GRACE GET BOOKS OR JUST FUNNY LOOKS
CITIZENS OF CANADA, WE ARE PEOPLE OF QUEBEC
WE HAVE PAID OUR TAXES, JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE I BET
MAYOR TREMBLAY
MAYOR TREMBLAY
MAYOR TREMBLAY
WE NEED OUR LIBRARY I SAY, WE NEED IT NOW NOT WHEN ,OUR CHILDREN HAVE ALL GROWN UP JOINING
GANGS TO MAKE AMENDS AND THEN WE'LL SPEND TO THE BITTER END TO THE BITTER END
THANKS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND THUS FAR, WE'VE HAD A PLACE TO GO
A PRIVATE HELP ALONG THE WAY, BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS, THAT THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING, AND
IT'S TIME FOR US TO SEE
THAT THE BOROUGH AND THE CITY WILL STEP- UP TO MEET OUR NEEDS
LET'S GO MR APPLEBAUM LETS GO MAYOR TREMBLEY
LETS MAKE A WAY FOR US TODAY , MR BENOIT LA BONTE’
WE ARE THE PEOPLE, WE LIVE IN NDG
WE NEED OUR LIBRARY TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY
NOVEMBER 2006