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Since Women Got The Vote
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Since Women Got The Vote |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Was posted back in 2004 but since a woman is running for president (though I support Obama)thought it should be read again.Wonder how he'd feel about it? You've come a long way, Baby! By my Grandfather, Charles F. Thomas, Jr. published in a self-published book of poetry, "The Aqueduct" back in 1936. Since Women Got The Vote It warn’t so many years ago—I kin remember when A man could git his hair cut, or shaved or drink with other men Without a woman sittin’ there, right in a barber’s chair, Or leanin’ up against the bar an’ drinkin’ whiskey there. It’s gittin’ so a man cain’t do the things he’d like to do Without some female buttin’ in with a fancy how de you An’ try to do he same dern things--or jest a leettle more Since women got the vote! They useter tell us poor, dern fools how good the world would be; How sweet an’ kind an’ good an’ pure; of all things wrong so free. How politics—a rotten game—the same in days of yore, They’d clean it up—the women would—if we’d give them the chore. An’ show the world how plain, pore man had failed in his long job Of runnin’ things like politics an’ sorter playin’ hob With wars, an’ booze an’ presidents an’ other simple things If women got the vote! Wal, now I hopes they’re satisfied an’ happy as can be; They smoke an’ drink an’ cuss an’ swear an’ wearin’ pants like me. They stagger ‘round like drunken sots—like dern fools useter be, An’ roll their own, shoot craps, raise hell an’ stage a fustclass spree Thet puts to shame the ol’ time toughs like what we useter find, When men were men an’ had a place an’ women folks were kind An’ didn’t imitate fool man the way they want to do Since women got the vote! Remember, this was written seventy-two years ago! Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. [This message has been edited by Abe (03-02-2008 11:10 AM).] |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you for sharing your Grandfather's fantastic poem! Considering the year it was written, we can understand it fully! And those years were truly significant for women's rights. It must have been tough news for men, in general! I think this Poet caught the situation very well.  love Margherita  |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Well, now we know that poetry flows in your blood, Del. It runs in your family. Okay, I smiled as I read this. It is a wonderful piece of history and I am glad that you shared it with us. Alison |
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