The Weeding Song
Written by Carla Toebbel
Public Library of Des Moines, Iowa
(to the tune from "Rawhide")
Verse 1:
Keep weedin', weedin', weedin,
It's more space we're needin'
Keep at them books a-weedin',DISCARD!
Thru dust and webs and leather
In all kinds of weather
Wishin' my section was all done.
All the things we're pitchin',
Both fiction and nonfiction,
May haunt us but it sure has been fun.
Chorus:
Pull 'em down, dust 'em off,
Dust 'em off, pull 'em down,
Pull 'em down, dust 'em off, DISCARD!
Cart'em out, stamp 'em up,
Stamp 'em up, Cart 'em out,
Cart 'em out, stamp 'em up, DISCARD!
Verse 2:
Keep choosin', choosin', choosin',
Books we must be loosin',
Can't be no refusin', DISCARD!
Don't try to understand 'em,
Just pick and pull and stamp 'em,
Soon we'll have shelvin' we can use.
Our Head's calculatin'
The target we'll be makin'
Be makin' or we'll be singin' the blues