  Where is the maid of the long ago Who stayed at home and knit? And where is she who won her way Having a fainting fit? Where is the maid who sat all day Waiting a lover to call So she might wed and ride away Unto his manor hall? And where is she who always blushed And giggled "Tee-hee-hee!" Whene'er a noble "Adamite" She even chanced to see? Where is she with the wasp-like waist And Chinese hobbling feet, The maiden fair with light bleached hair Where is the dame who left her babes Unto a servant's care, While she reposed or tried to make Herself look wondrous fair? And where is she who wouldn't vote And did not care to know Who guided this great ship of state And saved it from the foe? She's gone away to "Has-been-realms," And now we have instead Our glorious type of womankind Who forges fast ahead. Our brothers who now make the laws Of this great country fair, 'Tis they alone who power have Their franchise rights to share. I pray you show your chivalry, Oh, all you worthy knights, And vote for equal franchise laws, |
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