All Original Lyrics
by Joyce Mitchell
Don’t Be Cheap about the Funeral Original tune: “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys are Marching” by George F. Root (1820-1895). Also, the hymns “In Our Lovely Deseret” and “Jesus Loves the Little Children” use the same tune. This 1 min. story heralds the good news of funeral liberty.
You Can! Tune: Sweet Bye and Bye / Preacher and the Slave by Joe Hill
Rebel Girl Original tune and lyrics were written by the activist songwriter Joe Hill. This song was written the week before he was shot by a firing squad. He wrote it about Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. I started singing Rebel Girl about myself in my own funeral reform activism, rebelling against what my culture dedicated a funeral has to be. Then I realized the real “Original Rebel Girl” of my generations’ Home Funeral movement is truly Lisa Carlson. So this song identifies her as my inspiration.
Where Is The love Tune by The Black Eyed Peas in F C Dm Bb, all the way through
They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me New lyrics written about the Utah consumer advocate Joyce Mitchell (Original tune by T-Bone Slim, 1920 sing his original lyrics at https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/t-bone-slim/the-popular-wobbly-chords-3875021)
Hard Travelin’ Funeral Director Tune by Woodie Guthrie
My other songs, well they picked on Funeral Directors, but this song acknowledges their suffering. It’s about one hard travelin funeral director, writin home …to someone- who cares.