Transformative climate-induced album rock to light the way through the greed-driven anthropocene.
The world – and “farming” – has changed drastically since we sang “Old MacDonald Had A Farm” as kindergarteners. The traditional practices of raising some cows for their milk (dairy) and flesh (beef) has expanded and industrialized to be a major polluter of land, sea and air.
Even so-called “free-range,” “regenerative” and “organic” cattle operations contribute massive amounts of feces and urine to soil and waterways, and far too much methane to the atmosphere, quickly making Earth uninhabitable for millions of species, including our own.
Point Reyes National Seashore is a rare coastal national park near San Francisco, and a galling example of what happens when the cattle industry corrupts local and national politicians, then calls the shots, even authorizing confining and shooting rare wildlife — California’s rare Tule elk — in a national park created as a refuge for rapidly diminishing wild animal populations.
Come sing along as California burns and America the beautiful buys the farm!
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Credits
Lyrics and concept by Jack Gescheidt
Music based on the traditional children's song, "Old MacDonald".
Musical performance and arrangement
by Charity and the JAMband,
originally appearing as their song
"Old MacDonald Had a Sanctuary Farm"
on the album "Creatures & Critters" (2021)
Charity Kahn: music, vocals, keys, synths, arrangement
Daryn Roven: guitars, bass, drum programming, percussion
Daryn + Charity: Engineering/Production
Daryn: Mix/Master @ The Raindrop
More info: The Invisible Bee & Charity and the JAMband
Lyrics © 2022 Jack Gescheidt
Music © 2021-2022 Charity Kahn
PRESS INQUIRIES
Contact Jack: 415-488-4200-zero-zero . jack@treespiritproject.com
MUSIC INQUIRIES
Contact Charity: 415-425-0372 . charity@jamjamjam.com
Point Reyes Seashore
Has Some Cows
INTRO
Point Reyes Seashore has some cows
5000 cows or so
Point Reyes Seashore has more cows
Than any park you know
With a moo-moo here, a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo
Point Reyes Seashore has more cows
Than any park you know
VERSE 1
And with these cows there comes cow poop
Ten million pounds or so
With a cow pie here
And a cow pie there
Here a pie, there a pie
Everywhere E-coli
Point Reyes Seashore’s yearly poop
Ten million pounds or so!
VERSE 2
And with cow poop comes poisoned streams
For steel-head and Co-Ho
With a sick fish here
And a sick fish there
Here a fish, there a fish
Everywhere a sick fish
Point Reyes cow poop poisons streams
To the ocean it all goes
VERSE 3
And at Point Reyes are Tule elk
No rarer elk you know
Just a few elk here
And a few elk there
Here an elk, but there no elk
Not everywhere are Tule elk
Point Reyes Seashore has some elk
Not everywhere you go
VERSE 4
And at Point Reyes cow ranchers say,
“Keep those Tule elk away!”
With an elk fence here
And a cow fence there
Here a fence, there a fence
Everywhere is more fence
Point Reyes ranchers want elk fenced
To keep elk numbers low
VERSE 5
And at Point Reyes the ranchers pay
“Politicians have a price,” they say
To huff and puff and clear the way
To mislead voters every day
To keep the ranching scam in play
Ee-i-ee-i-oh
VERSE 6
But it makes park soil dry and gray
Which keeps the wild life away
This is the sad state there today
But we know of a better way
To let elk out without delay
And moove poor cows out of the way
Reducing methane every day
So won’t you help and join the fray
To save the Earth in every way
Point Reyes cows must go
BRIDGE
And if you feel sorry for the ranchers
That’s really kind of you
But listen up to what went down
From another point of view
Oh they got millions years ago
The public paid them all that dough
And the ranchers just refused to go
And Big Ag lobby’s got their back
On public land the cows ransack
It’s time for cows to go
VERSE 7
Point Reyes Seashore’s lawyered up
They talk and talk all day
They talk to keep plain truths at bay
Long briefs hide common sense away
As elk keep dying they will say that
“Lots of death is nature’s way”
Ignoring fences in the way
From Pacific Ocean to the Bay
With some talk-talk here
And more talk-talk there
But we know of a better way
Let’s let elk out without delay
And moove poor cows out of the way
Reducing methane every day
So won’t you help and join the fray
To save the Earth in every way
Point Reyes cows must go