"Down From the Mast"

[derby378]

To be sung at Crawford at Camp Casey and the Peace House!! Let 'em hear it down at the pig farm!!

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

Why not leave it to those who are willing
To stand with Gold Star Families for Peace
All we want is to stop all the killing
We demand the occupation must cease

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

Why not leave it to dear Mrs. Sheehan
And her hard-working friends from Code Pink
And the brave souls who staff Crawford Peace House
As they stand in the ditch with her and sing

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

Why not leave it to Democratic Underground
And the Pastors and Veterans for Peace
And to those who will stay 'til Bush meets Cindy
Only then can this grim vigil cease

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

For you left it to chickenhawks and toadies
Now we're governed by fascists and slaves
And a coward has mowed down our crosses
And dishonored the home of the brave

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

For you left it to folks like Rush Limbaugh
Bill O'Reilly and Hannity and Colmes
For they don't give a damn for Cindy's heartbreak
They don't care if our troops make it home

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

For you left it to Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld
As they schemed up a fictitious war
And they screamed "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
And they made our hallowed Congress their whore

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

Now we stand with the families of the fallen
As we clean up the mess you have made
For asleep at the switch is how we found you
Now your nation is utterly betrayed

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

If you stand against the people, take this warning
One day soon, Bush's tyranny will cease
Your defeat will be our brightest morning
And America will greet the world with peace

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

Take it down from the mast, Cindy-haters
It's the flag we Americans claim
It can never be flown by you traitors
For you've brought on it nothing but shame

[fasttense]

1. What's the tune? I can hear it in my head

sung to an Irish folk song. Great song!!!!

[derby378]

2. It's an old IRA song called TAKE IT DOWN FROM THE MAST

It was aimed at those who favored the Irish Free State compromise after World War I. I just changed the lyrics up a bit.