Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 26. October 3 1977
Smash the Bill
Smash the Bill
(To the tune of "When the Saints go marching in")
There's a dirty scheme that's brewing
and it threatens me and you
it's called the SIS Amendment
this is what they plan to do
they can hear your conversation
when you use the telephone
they open all your mail up
they can break into your home
Yes we will! Yes we will!
We'll unite to smash this bill
Because we want to keep our freedom
We'll unite to smash this bill!
We all know that these aren't new tricks
they've been going on before
but they've got some brand new dodges
in their dirty spying law
it would make all civil servants
have to spy to keep their job
within "reasonable limits"
as defined by scarface Rob
All the spies will be protected
it's a toppers dream come true
it's a crime if you expose them
for the rotten things they do
now it's plain we're getting closer
to a fascist police state
now's the time for organising
—later it may be too late
When the system's in a crisis
and the country's in a mess
then the Government helps the wealthy
and they clamp down on the rest
It's the same in any country
—if the rich control the poor
to prevent us organising
they bring out their fascist law