Anthemic song about women's history
Written by Bev Grant
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I wrote this song for a multi-media show I perform about women's history in labor
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We have ploughed and we planted
We have gathered into barns
Done the same work as the men
With babies in our arms
But you won't find our stories in most history books you read
We were there, we're still here, fighting for the things we need
CHO: We were there in the factories
We were there in the mills
We were there in the mines
and came home to fix the meals
We were there on the picket line
We raised our voices loud
It makes me proud just knowing we were there.
From the textiles mills in Lawrence
To the sweatshops in New York
From the fields in California
Where our children had to work
We fought to make a living
"Bread and Roses" was our cry
Though they jailed and beat our bodies
Our spirit never died.
Repeat chorus:
We were Polish, we were Irish
We were African and Jew
Italian and Latina
Chinese and Russian, too
They tried to use our differences to split us all apart
But the pain we felt together touched the bottom of our heart
Repeat Chorus:
We are teachers, we are doctors
We are cooks and engineers
Letter carriers, truck drivers
Conductors and cashiers
We operate machinery, we fly the big airplanes
And we help to build our unions. We've got struggle in our veins.
Repeat chorus
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