Anarchist bookfair, Amsterdam, 10 november 2018

Audio:
CD A Fair Warning

Timber!

The saw handled ever so carefully
This lumberjack does the good work at night
When men with guns are still asleep
The forest waiting for the light

Timber! And it is no tree
A hunting tower is going down
Timber!
And the good news is going ‘round

Quietly cutting down one after another
This lumberjack does the good work at night
Wild boar and deer between the trees
The forest waiting for the light

Timber! And it is no tree
A hunting tower is going down
Timber!
And the good news is going ‘round

Another job well done I’d say
This lumberjack did the good work at night
Not one shot fired the next day
That hunting tower didn’t see the light

Timber! No, it is no tree
Another night – another tower’s down
Timber!
And the good news is going ‘round

Tekst: Joke Kaviaar, 6 september 2018
Muziek: Peter Storm

*voor Nederlandstaligen: Timber betekent zoiets als ‘van onderen!’, geroepen door houthakkers wanneer er een boom neergaat. In deze tekst gaat het niet over bomen.

Presentatie CD ‘A Fair Warning’, anarchist bookshop Opstand, Den Haag, 13 december 2019 (ACAB day)