SUFFRAGISTS' SONG.
(Tune of "Dixie").
The boon for which our fathers fought
Is the same that we have sought,
Talk away! Talk away! Talk away! Don't falter!
We cannot fight with ball or spear,
But words are potent, make them hear,
Talk away! Talk away! Talk away! Don't falter!
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Chorus:-- } You'll be sorry when you see us, Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray!
} Wearing laurels we have earned
} In the contest you have spurned
} We want -to vote -because we have a right to!
} It is -a shame -we are compelled to fight to!
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In bloodless wars no cannon roared,
But "the pen is mightier than the sword,"
Talk away! Talk away! Talk away! Don't falter!
With petitions let us gird the globe,
Pierce with our prayers judicial robe,
Talk away! Talk away! Talk away! Don't falter!
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Christ tells of a woman who wouldn't budge
But kept importuning the indifferent Judge,
Talk away! Talk away! Talk away! Don't falter!
He cared not for her burden of woe,
But avenged her wrongs 'cause she wearied him so,
Talk away! Talk away! Talk away! Don't falter!
Composed by (Mrs.) Rosa J. McClintock,
123 South Church Street,
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
April 24, 1911.
Dear Miss Addams:
Today I saw in a paper that some one had offered a prize of $100 for the best suffragist song to be sung to "Dixie" and the judges' names are given, but I do not know their addresses, hence as I am a native of Illinois, and know you are a friend to the cause I hasten to send my little song to you, trusting that you or your Secretary will hurry it off to the nearest judge, that I may be in time, they must have it before the 1st of June. You probably know all this, and their names of course. Mrs. Belmont, Miss Laura Clay, Miss Kate Gordon, Mrs. Pennypacker and Miss [Breckinridge].
I do need that $100 worse than anybody I know of, am here for my health, which I ruined sitting at a desk twenty years, doing typewriting, so please give my little song a chance to win, and I will be the happiest woman in the universe if I do win.
Yours sincerely,
(Mrs.) R. J. McClintock
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