03x04 - Sufferin' till Suffrage

[bunniefuu]

[man] And now...

[reading]

♪ Yeah ♪

[all] Hooray !

♪ Now you have heard of women's rights ♪

♪ And how we've tried
To reach new heights ♪

♪ If we're all created equal ♪

♪ That's us too ♪

[chorus] ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ But you will probably not recall ♪

♪ That's it's not been too long at all ♪

♪ Since we even had the right to
Cast a vote ♪

♪ Well ♪

♪ Well, sure some men bowed down
And called us "missus" ♪

[chorus] ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Let us hang the wash out
And wash the dishes ♪

♪ Huh ♪

♪ But when the time rolled
Around to elect a president ♪

-♪ What did they say, sister ♪
-[chorus] ♪ What did they say ♪

♪ They said, uh "See ya later, alligator ♪

♪ And don't forget my
My mashed potatoes ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm goin' downtown to
Cast my vote for president" ♪

[cheering]

♪ Oh, we were suffering until suffrage ♪
♪ Oh ♪

♪ Not a woman here could vote
No matter what age ♪

♪ Then The 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule ♪

[crowd] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ And now we pull down on the lever ♪

♪ Cast our ballots and we endeavor ♪

♪ To improve our country, state
County, town, and school ♪

[crowd] ♪ Tell 'em about it ♪

♪ Those pilgrim women who
Who braved the boat ♪

[chorus] ♪ They coo-coo-cooked ♪

♪ Could cook the turkey
But they, they could not vote ♪

♪ Even Betsy Ross who sewed the flag
Was left behind that first election day ♪

[crowd] ♪ What a shame, sisters ♪

-♪ Then Susan B. Anthony and Julia Howe ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪

-[chorus] ♪ Lucretia ♪
-♪ Lucretia Mott ♪

-♪ And others ♪
-♪ They showed us how ♪

♪ They carried signs and marched in lines
Until at long last the law was passed ♪

-♪ Oh, we were suffering until suffrage ♪
-♪ Oh ♪

♪ Not a woman here could vote
No matter what age ♪

♪ Then the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule ♪

[crowd] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ And now we pull down on the lever ♪

♪ Cast our ballots and we endeavor ♪

♪ To improve our country, state
County, town, and school ♪

[crowd] ♪ Right on, right on ♪

♪ Yes, the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule ♪

[crowd] ♪ Right on, right on ♪

♪ Yes, the 19th Amendment
struck down that restrictive rule ♪

[crowd] ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

-♪ All right ♪
-♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ We got it now ♪

♪ Since 1920 sisters, unite ♪

[all] ♪ Vote on ♪