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19th Amendment Lyrics by Dolly Parton

27: The Most Perfect Album

2018

[Interlude]
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote (I've got the right to vote)
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote (August 18, 1920)
We want to vote (The women's suffrage amendment)
We want to vote (Ratified)

[Intro]
Women have been fighting for the legal right to vote since the 1840's
In 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association
N-A-W-S-A, was established with Susan B. Anthony its leading force
But women have been fighting for their rights since the very beginning of time

[Verse 1]
First they said we couldn't dance
Then said we couldn't drink
And unless some man allowed it
They said we couldn't think
They said we shouldn't speak
'Til we were spoken to
Well, there was just so much back then
We weren't allowed to do

[Chorus]
But the first bite of that apple
I guess revealed the truth
That's when Eve got smart
And that's why Adam don't like fruit
But that ol' tree of knowledge (That tree of knowledge)
Had some limbs that broke
We had to fight for women's rights
They said we couldn't vote

[Interlude]
It is the duty of the women of this country
To secure for themselves the sacred right to vote

[Verse 2]
We've carried signs, we've cussed at times
Marched up and down the streets
We had to fight for women's rights
Wore blisters on our feet
We got tired of seein' all our
Dreams go up in smoke
Burdens more than we could tote
Having lies crammed down our throats
But that ol' dam finally broke
When women finally got the right to vote

[Refrain]
We want to vote
We want to vote

[Verse 3]
They said a woman's place
Was staying in her hut
Washin', cookin', cleanin'
Wipin' baby's butts
They said she'd never see the day
We'd equal up to them
But here we are, we've come so far
I guess we sure showed them

[Chorus]
The first bite of that apple
I guess revealed the truth
That's when Eve got smart
And that's why Adam don't like fruit
But that ol' tree of knowledge (That tree of knowledge)
Had some limbs that broke
We had to fight for women's rights
They said we couldn't vote

[Refrain]
We want to vote
We want to vote (Get out of the street!)
We want to vote (Ladies, this is illegal)
We want to vote (Move)
We want to vote (Get out)
We want to vote

[Verse 4]
We were defiant, I'll admit
But we all knew we couldn't quit
'Cause the suffrage amendment
Must be passed
We protested, we cried out
Finally, it came about
Ratified by Tennessee
We won at last

[Chorus]
And the first bite of that apple
I guess revealed the truth
That's when Eve got smart
And that's why Adam don't like fruit
But that ol' tree of knowledge (That tree of knowledge)
Had some limbs that broke
We had to fight for women's rights
We won the right to vote

[Post-Chorus]
They thought we were a joke
They tried to dash our hopes
With every word they spoke
They tried to revoke
A woman's right to vote
But we made it!

[Interlude]
And on August 18th, 1920
The woman's suffrage amendment was ratified

[Outro]
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
We want to vote
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Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

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"19th Amendment" appears on "27: The Most Perfect Album" in 2018.

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