There Are Women in Our Town
Lyrics © 2013 Unlisted Songwriter
- Tune
- there’s a Tavern in the Town
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
from The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993
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There are women in our town, in our town,
Who are bravely breaking ground, breaking ground.
They are showing us how to be equal, strong and free.
Granny would be proud of you and me, you and me!
Chorus:
Fare thee well, for when we leave thee,
Just remember we still need thee,
And remember that we all must play our, our part.
Long ago our Grannies joined the fight, joined the fight.
To earn for us some equal rights, equal rights,
Like vo-oting and almost equal pay
Thanks to them we’re better off today, today!
Chorus
Now the issues aren’t so clear, aren’t so clear.
We need to fight them far and near, far and near.
When patriarchy and prejudice are gone,
There’ll still be issues to work on, work on!
There’ll still be issues to work on!
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