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IF WOMEN WERE TO VOTE.
If women had the right to vote
And make our Nation's laws,
Oh, how much different things would be—
A country without flaws.
And make our Nation's laws,
Oh, how much different things would be—
A country without flaws.
Oh, how they'd stand around the streets,
The handsome little things,
And talk Expansion and Reform,
And show new hats and rings.
The handsome little things,
And talk Expansion and Reform,
And show new hats and rings.
And if they were to go to war,
To do just like a man,
They'd dress so gay in laces fine,
With parasol and fan.
To do just like a man,
They'd dress so gay in laces fine,
With parasol and fan.
And then suppose they'd march on down,
Ten thousand strong, to fight
For this great land of theirs—their home—
To put a foe to flight.
Ten thousand strong, to fight
For this great land of theirs—their home—
To put a foe to flight.
And if they marched ten thousand strong,
Through cornfield or a wood,
With impulse, sure of victory,
We'd have to say: “They're good.”
Through cornfield or a wood,
With impulse, sure of victory,
We'd have to say: “They're good.”
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And then suppose some little mice
Right there themselves revealed,
'Twould take a full twelve thousand men
To bear them off the field
Right there themselves revealed,
'Twould take a full twelve thousand men
To bear them off the field
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