Marie Walsh, adapted by Catharine Percy Huskisson*
Verse 2 adapted by Cathy Rytmeister,

You won’t be fracking long!
You won’t be fracking long!
Wherever fracking’s threatened
We’ll sing our fracking song!
And if you fracking bankers
Can’t see there’s something wrong
You think you’re fracking clever
But you won’t be fracking long!

If you’re in the fracking business
You really ought to know
That all your fracking progress
Will be very very slow
We’ll block your fracking test sites
And your fracking engineers
And we’ll bring your fracking business down
Around your fracking ears!

They're backed by fracking governments
Both Federal and State
Which isn’t so surprising
When you look at who donates
The oil and gas investors
Know how to pay them off
Yes they’re all in it together
Just like porkers at the trough!

So if you have some money
That you’re wanting to invest
Don’t put it into fracking
'Cause that leaves the world a mess
There’s sun and wind and water
That can power the human race
And every green investor makes
The world a safer place!


* Catharine Percy Huskisson is a pseudonym for members of the Liverpool Socialist Singers. The choir rehearses at the junction of three streets bearing those names.