Dolly Parton - 19th Amendment Lyrics

August 18th 1920 the women’s amendment was ratified

Women have been fighting for the legal right to vote since the 1840’s
In 1890 the national american women's suffrage association NAWSA was established with Susan B. Anthony as their leading force
But women had been fighting for their rights since the very beginning of time

First they sound we couldn’t dance then said we couldn’t drink
And Unless some men allowed it they said we couldn’t think
They said we shouldn’t speak till we were spoken to
But that was just so much back then we were allowed to do

But the first bite of the apple I guess we filled the truth
That’s when he got smart and that’s why adam don’t like fruit
But that old tree of knowledge had some limbs that broke
We had to fight for women’s rights they said we couldn’t vote

It is the duty of the women of this country to secure their right to vote
We carried signs we cursed the times marched up and down the streets
We had to fight for women’s rights with blisters on our feet
We got tired of seeing all our dreams go up in smoke
Burdens more than we could tote having lies crammed down our throat
But that old damn finally broke when women finally got the right to vote

They said a woman's place was staying in her hut
Washing cooking cleaning wiping babies butts
They said she’d never see the day when she’d pull up to them
But here we are we’ve come so far
I guess we sure showed them

The first bite of the apple I guess we filled the truth
That’s when he got smart and that’s why adam don’t like fruit
But that old tree of knowledge had some limbs that broke
We had to fight for women’s rights they said we couldn’t vote

We were defiant out of mit
But we knew we couldn’t quite
Cause the suffrage amendment must be passed
We protested we cried out finally it came about
Ratified by Tennessee we won at last

The first bite of the apple I guess we filled the truth
That’s when he got smart and that’s why adam don’t like fruit
But that old tree of knowledge had some limbs that broke
We had to fight for women’s rights they said we won the right to vote

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

And on August 18th 1920 the women’s amendment was ratified