A search in Hymn Quest showed a real dearth of stuff for Fairtrade.  Some very worthy unpoetic stuff but nothing that I would want to sing.  Looking back over past years I've mostly used creation type stuff or justice type stuff, or a mixture of the two.  This year I've picked some things from Common Ground (but not saying which to keep an element of surprise for local readers) and have re-worked a banal ditty I wrote about eight years ago (scary) to follow the 'All Together' part of the service (I sneakily changed it from 'children's talk' when no one was looking).  It constitutes doggerel but is sung to the tune of 'when I needed a neighbour' so hopefully most people over about 35 will know the tune... see what you think.  (Only polite comments allowed!)

Fairtrade Questions

When you’re buying bananas do you care, do you care,

When you’re buying bananas do you care?

Where they’re from,

What the price is,

Or what’s paid to the farmers,

Is it fair?

When you’re drinking your coffee do you care, do you care,

When you’re drinking your coffee do you care?

Where it’s from,

What the blend is,

Or what’s paid to the growers,

Is it fair?

When you’re munching your chocolate do you care, do you care,

When you’re munching you’re chocolate do you care?

Where it’s from,

What the brand is,

Or what’s paid to the workers,

Is it fair?

When you’re buying a tee-shirt do you care, do you care,

When you’re buying a tee-shirt do you care?

Where it’s from,

What’s the fashion,

Or what’s paid to the weavers,

Is it fair?

When you choose Fairtrade products then it’s fair, then it’s fair,

When you choose Fairtrade products then it’s fair!

And the price,

And the choices,

That bring hope for the future

Show you care.

Catriona Gorton 2010