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Sufferin' Til Sufferage
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Various Artists
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Schoolhouse Rock
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Sufferin' Til Sufferage
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Lyrics & Music by: Tom Yohe and Bob Dorough
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Performed by: Essra Mohawk
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NOW YOU have heard of Women's Rights,
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And how we've tried to reach new heights.
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If we're "all created equal" . . .
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That's us too!
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(Yeah!)
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But you will proba ... bly not recall
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That it's not been too ... too long at all.
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Since we even had the right to
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Cast a vote.
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(Well!)
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Well, sure, some men bowed down
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and called us "Mrs." (Yeah!)
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Let us hang the wash out and wash the dishes,
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(Huh!)
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But when the time rolled around to elect a
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president
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What did they say, Sister, (What did they say?)
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They said, uh, "See ya later, alligator,
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And don't forget my ... my mashed potatoes
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'Cause I'm going downtown to cast my vote for
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president."
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Oh, we were suffering until suffrage,
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Not a woman here could vote,
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no matter what age,
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Then the nineteenth amendment struck
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down that restrictive rule. (Oh yeah!)
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And now we pull down on the lever,
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Cast our ballots and we endeavor
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To improve our country, state, county,
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town, and school.
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(Tell 'em 'bout it!)
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Those pilgrim women who ...
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who braved the boat
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Could cook the turkey, but they ...
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they could not vote.
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Even Betsy ROSS who sewed the flag was
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left behind that first election day.
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(What a shame, Sisters!)
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Then Susan B. Anthony (Yeah!) and Julia Howe,
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(Lucretia!) Lucretia Mott, (and others!) they
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showed us how;
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They carried signs and marched in lines
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Until at long last the law was passed.
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Oh, we were suffering until suffrage,
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Not a woman here could vote, no matter what
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age,
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Then the nineteenth amendment
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struck down that restrictive rule (Oh yeah!)
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And now we pull down on the lever,
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Cast our ballots and we endeavor
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To improve our country, state, county,
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town, and school. (Right on! Right on!)
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Yes, the nineteenth amendment
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Struck down that restrictive rule. (Right on! Right
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on!)
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Yes, the nineteenth amendment
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Struck down that restrictive rule.
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Yeah Yeah
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Yeah Yeah
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Right on!
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We got it now!
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Since 1920 ...
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Sisters, unite!
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Vote on
Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage
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