(The Labor Heritage Foundation distributed the following on December 16.)
Happy Holidays from the Labor Heritage Foundation! Here is another
Union Holiday Song from Julie McCall.
JOLLY OLD SAINT NICHOLAS
Jolly old Saint Nicholas, lean your ear this way
Listen to this tale of woe that I must convey
Holidays are coming soon-my plans went up in smoke
A visit to the pharmacy left me stone cold broke
Mama’s got an ulcer, and some pills she needs to get
Filling her prescription has cost me my whole paycheck
Grandpa’s pressure’s gone way up, he’s in quite a slump
Buying all his drugs would take a loan from Donald Trump
Merck and Squib spend millions on their TV ads each day
Eli Lilly is in bed with the FDA
Bristol-Meyers, Pfizer-they keep prices on a roll
Santa, tell the Congress that we need some cost controls
Even Fido’s medicines are keeping me in debt
Could you find some cheaper drugs on the internet?
Pick them up in Canada or in Mexico
We can’t “Buy American”
We don’t have the dough
Dumping Medicare appears to be the White House goal
Won’t you give our President a great big lump of coal?
So Saint Nick, we’re asking you, help us if you can
Here is what this country needs-a REAL prescription plan!
Words by Julie McCall
You can see more of Julie’s Songs Of Holiday Solidarity at
http://www.laborheritage.org/Holidaysongs.html