Maleny Credit Union Song
Written By Tommy Leonard 1994 & 1999 (more info)

 

In 1984 some people in Maleny got together.
Cos they found they had a little bit of cash to spare.
They didn’t want to put it in the mainstream banks
To be spent on bombs and bullets and tanks;
Propping up corrupt regimes or gambling on the price of stocks and shares.

So they set up the Maleny Community Credit Union,
To lend to members for projects which everyone agreed,
Were environmentally responsible,
Empowering to the individual,
Satisfying local need, not global monetary greed.

Now for ten years we’ve been building our community Credit Union.
So in the next ten years lets help to set up ten more.
Cos we’ve learnt nothing if we haven’t learned
To measure success in our own terms:
Small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

Now as the years rolled along the Credit Union grew strong.
To its original ideals it was always true.
But then some changes in the law
Meant "Make more profit or we’ll close you down".
So the members got together and decided what to do.

They said "It’s just not right to give up without a fight.
So we’ll change our ways to meet these new controls.
We’ll endure profit, growth and change,
Until their targets are attained,
But we’ll stay small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core."

Cos for ten years we’ve been building our community Credit Union..
So in the next ten years let’s set up at least ten more.
Because we’ve learnt nothing if we haven’t learned
To measure success in our own terms:
Small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

Let’s stay small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

As modified in 1999

In 1984 some people in Maleny got together.
Cos they found they had a little bit of cash to spare.
They didn’t want to put it in the mainstream banks,
To be spent on bombs and bullets and tanks,
Propping up corrupt regimes or gambling on the price of stocks and shares.

So they set up the Maleny Community Credit Union.
To lend to members for projects which everyone agreed,
Were environmentally responsible,
Empowering to the individual,
Satisfying local need, not global monetary greed

For fifteen years we’ve been building our community Credit Union.
So let’s reaffirm our vision before we grow too much more.
Cos we’ve learnt nothing if we haven’t learned
To measure success in our own terms:
Small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

Now as the years rolled along the Credit Union grew strong.
To its original ideals it was always true.
But then some changes in the law
Meant "Make more profit or we’ll close you down".
So the members got together and decided what to do.

They said "It’s just not right to give up without a fight.
So we’ll change our ways to meet these new controls.
We’ll endure profit, growth and change,
Until their targets are attained.
But we’ll stay small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core."

For fifteen years we’ve been building our community Credit Union.
So let’s reaffirm our vision before we grow too much more.
Cos we’ve learnt nothing if we haven’t learned
To measure success in our own terms:
Small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

Now it’s 1999, the Credit Union’s growing fast.
As we race towards the future let’s not forget the past.
Let’s stay at the leading edge of social change,
While remaining the friendly face on the range.
And let’s stay small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

For fifteen years we’ve been building our community Credit Union.
Let’s reaffirm our vision before we grow too much more.
Cos we’ve learnt nothing if we haven’t learned
To measure success in our own terms:
Small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

Let’s stay small, local, ethical and cooperative to the core.

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