The Anti-Suffrage Rose 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 May 2005

Suffragists say, happen what may
they'll win the coming fight.
'Twixt you and me, I don't agree
we're going to show them who's right!
Jonquils they wear, cannot compare
with the AntiSuffrage Rose,
token of love and a gift from above,
loveliest flower that grows.

Red, red, AntiSuffrage Rose
you're the flower that's best of all!
You're better far,
than Jonquils are,
we are going to prove it in the Fall.
Sweetest flower in all the world,
everybody knows,
you're the emblem of the AntiSuffrage Cause!
You lovely, red, red rose!

Work for the "cause"
no time to pause,
tell all the men you know,
why should a few rule over you?
Suffrage to every man's foe.
Beautiful flower,
sign of the hour,
if the Jonquil wants to fight,
you cannot fall,
you're the Queen of them all,
Emblem of Truth and Right.

Red, red, AntiSuffrage Rose
you're the flower that's best of all!
You're better far,
than Jonquils are,
we are going to prove it in the Fall.
Sweetest flower in all the world,
everybody knows,
you're the emblem of the AntiSuffrage Cause!
You lovely, red, red rose!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Anti-Suffrage Rose 1915
Words and Music by Phil Hanna
Boston: Women's Anti-Suffrage Association, 685 Boylston St.
Dedicated to the Women's Anti-Suffrage Associations
© 1915 by Phil Hanna
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 19 May 2005 at 17.29
in association with Doug Grierson
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