Suffragetes

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Suffragettes is an original song from the album Influences
Written, produced and with lyrics and vocals by Paul Robert Thomas
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A powerful tribute to Emmeline Pankhurst and the early activists who fought for women’s voting rights, enduring fierce establishment backlash to secure freedom for future generations.
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Suffragettes lyrics
The bravest woman anyone had ever met
Emmeline, the leader of the Suffragettes
Fighting for the cause with all her might
Fighting for liberty and equality, for women’s rights

Shouting ‘Rise up, rise up sisters, it’s your right
For equality and freedom we must fight
Rise up, rise up sisters rise up’
For equality and freedom we must fight

They shook the very foundations of society
They filled the politicians of the day with anxiety
Churchill was against giving women the vote
‘It would make politics too liberal’ he wrote

They were ridiculed and despised by the establishment
Laughed at and insulted by the city’s male inhabitants
Arrested for demanding equal voting rights
As soon as they were released, they continued the fight

Shouting ‘Rise up, rise up sisters, it’s your right
For equality and freedom we must fight
Rise up, rise up sisters rise up’
For equality and freedom we must fight

Women fighting in a man’s world to be free
And to be accepted as equal by society
They proclaimed they believed in deeds not words
They made sure that they were seen and were heard

Women today have come a long way yet
It’s mostly thanks to the Suffragettes
Every woman should never forget
About the sacrifices made by the Suffragettes

Shouting ‘Rise up, rise up sisters, it’s your right
For equality and freedom we must fight
Rise up, rise up sisters rise up
Rise up, rise up sisters, it’s your right
For equality and freedom we must fight
Rise up, rise up sisters rise up
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Lyrics and vocals Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode: 109184SK * ISWC: T-343.766.661-6
Audiosparx Catalogue ID: 1460560 * ISRC: US5UL2688908

Released by Swiss Cottage Recordz, London
Publishing Admin – UL Sounds LLC, Studio City, USA and Budde Music Ltd.
Licensing (Non-exclusive) by Audiosparx, Florida USA.