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And Ain't I a Woman?

Published on Apr 13, 2021

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And Ain't I a Woman?

WELL, CHILDREN, WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH RACKET...

there must be something out of kilter

I think that 'twist the Negroes of the South...

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and the women at the North,

all talking about rights,

The white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

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But what's all this here talking about?

That man over there says that women need to be...

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...Helped into carriages

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And lifted over ditches,

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...and to have the best place everywhere.

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Nobody ever helps me into carriages,

...or over mud-puddles,

...or gives me any best place!

ANd ain't I a woman?

Look at me!

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Look at my arm.

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I have ploughed and planted,

and gathered into barns,

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and no man could head me!

And ain't I a woman?

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I could work as much...

and eat as much as a man...

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...when I could get it...

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...and bear the lash as well!

ANd ain't I a woman?

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i have borne thirteen children,

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... And seen them most all sold off to slavery,

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... and when I cried out with my mother's grief,

none but jesus heard me!

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And Ain't I a woman?

Then they talk about this thing in the head:

what's this they call it?

(Intellect, somone whipsers)

 
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That's It, honey.

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What's that got to do with women's rights or negros rights?

If my cup won't hold but a pint,

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and yours holds a quart,

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wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

THen that little man in black there,

he says women can't have as much rights as men,

'cause christ wasn't a woman!

WHere did your Christ come from?

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Where did your christ come from?

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From God and a woman!

Man had nothing to do with him.

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If the first woman god ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone,

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these woman together ought to be able to turn it back,

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and get it right side up again!

And n0w they is asking to do it,

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the men better let them.

Obliged to you for hearing me,

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and now old sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.