The Lochsa Land Swindle

© 2011 Harvey C. Neese and Garrett Clevenger

 

D    G         Two Trios plan to take away our land in Idaho

A      D        where we've roamed and gathered food and wood to heat our home.

G  A    G    Then one day two Trios came and said, "They gotta go."

A      D        The Lochsa Land Exchange: something you should know.

 

D    G         First, the Forest Service Trio.  You wonder who I mean?

A      D        Tidwell, Weldon and Brazell came up with the scheme.

G  A    G    To trade away our public lands here in our backyard

A      D        for far away hacked private lands. We take that kinda hard.

 

G  A  D A G        We, the People, We, the People own these lands we love,

A    G  D              not government bureaucrats ruling from above.

G  A  D A G        Two Trios want to trade away our forest full of trees

G  A    D              and lock them up as private lands who'll do with as they please.

 

D    G         The second Trio is the Feds feeding the first Trio

A      D        Minnick, Risch and Crapo helped fund this fiasco.

G  A    G    They may have been elected but they're not representin'

A      D        the people who care about these lands out there.

 

D    G         No Trio makes a swindle without some corporate help

A      D        or the hand of a rich man who's accused to have bilked.

G  A    G    There's a chorus full of people who'll get in the way

A      D        of the forest land swindel.  Someone's gotta pay.

 

G  A  D A G        We, the People, We, the People own these lands we love,

A    G  D              not government bureaucrats ruling from above.

G  A  D A G        The Lochsa Land Exchange: we'll lose more then the land.

G  A    D              They'll be locked up by private hands.  It's time to make a stand.

 

D  G  D  G  x2     The Lochsa Land Swindle

 

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A      D        We won't lose our public lands.  It's time to make a stand.