LYRICS:

We are the suffragettes.
Think you know some fierce girls?
You ain’t heard nothing yet.

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A lass called Milli Fawcett, founder of our cause
Started the battle for our rights
Argued the government should change the laws
Here is how she stated our plight

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How come girls can’t vote for rules that we have to obey?
When we work and pay taxes too
Parliament’s reaction was
‘Oh, do go away'
How dare they diss the suffrage crew.

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Suffragettes sing, we’re gonna do this thing
Peaceful protest started in 1903
Got no reaction, needed drastic action
Got a new leader Emmeline Pankhurst -
That’s me

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Burst into parliament shouting “votes for women”
Actions though were shocking and new.
Chained ourselves to palace gates
Tension was brimming on the WSPU.

Burned down churches, smashed up shops
Attacked MPs, the result we were thrown in jail.
This made us more determined as you’ll come to see
Think we’d give up fighting? Hey fail!

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Suffragettes sing together we can win
In prison we protested and went on hunger strike
Men still said no, but we just said yo
You won’t stop us now
Miss Davison please take the mic -

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We became more extreme, Derby Day, June 13
In front of king and queen committed sacrifice supreme
Crept unseen between the team and crowds watching the race
And threw myself under a horse to try and make our case.

Became a famous martyr, how did men react?
We can’t give women votes if they’re so stupid they’ll do that.

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Seemed our cause was lost when World War came along
Our Suffragette reaction
Was to wave our protest goodbye, farewell, so long

Took patriotic action

Put down our banner saying give us votes, instead

Supported the men’s fight
Worked to help them win the war so guess what they said?
OK ladies, you were right.

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Suffragettes sing, we’ve done it ding-ding
At last those men could see they should treat us the same
So all take note now that women can vote
And it’s thanks to those who fought in the
Suffragette name!