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Our new theme song!

"Hooray for Hetch Hetchy" by Bill Oliver (2005).

Imagine yourself in Hetch Hetchy
On a sunny day in June
Standing waist deep in grasses and flowers
As John Muir often stood!

So starts Restore Hetch Hetchy's new theme song, with music and lyrics by noted eco-folk-rock musician Bill Oliver.

Song Info | Lyrics | MP3 Preview | Order CD

"Lament for Hetch Hetchy" by Alasdair Fraser, on Narada - The Wilderness Collection - a poignant melody by one of the world's greatest Celtic fiddle players! Hear it on our new DVD/Video!

John Muir's Return to Hetch Hetchy by Ron Good - another fiddle tune, written by our Executive Director (sheet music) (PDF)

"A Couple of Dams" by Bill Oliver - vocal about Glen Canyon and Hetch Hetchy (from Oliver's album, Friend of the River) Lyrics excerpt:

Let's take out a couple of dams
The Hetch Hetchy and the Glen
That's act like we know what we didn't know then
And take out a couple of dams

Let's hike the Hetch Hetchy again
Yosemite's Sierra twin
Was a trick from the start,
Broke John Muir's heart
Let's hike Hetch Hetchy again

"John of the Mountains" by Mariposa. Lyrics excerpt:

John of the mountains
Fought the damming of
Hetch Hetchy
But we damned ourselves when we let that valley go

"High Hopes," the Frank Sinatra tune (also sung by many 50's performers, from Bing Crosby to Doris Day) has been adopted as our theme song for obvious reasons! Lyrics Excerpt:

Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin' that dam!

'cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes!

So any time your feelin' bad
'stead of feelin' sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam!

"Ballad of Hetch Hetchy Valley" words and music by Bernie Beldner © 2003
Lyrics
Download complete song in MP3 format - 3.4 MB

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To get involved in the effort to restore Hetch Hetchy, contact Restore Hetch Hetchy at: info@hetchhetchy.org, 6114 La Salle Ave. #457, Oakland, CA 94611. Telephone: (510) 655-1876.

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