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Amelia Bloomer Sings for Fashion Reform

from SPIN by evalyn parry

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Listen ladies, you’ve got me to thank for
Letting you show a little more
of your leg, your legs!

I’m not talking about your shorty-shorts,
your hot pants, leggings or your skinny jeans
Not even in my dreams

In my day, a woman couldn’t show her ankles
Not even the legs of a table could be seen
it would be deemed obscene to show the length of your leg
your leg, your legs,
your legs: your political legs

My name is Amelia Bloomer
I endorsed those long baggy pantaloon-ers
That you see in the pages of history
I would wear them out on the town,
But folks didn’t like a gal who didn’t wear a gown,
No, flattery isn’t why they named them after me!

But in pursuit of emancipation
in the face of a scandalized nation
I said, to be free, a woman needs mobility
She needs the use of her legs!
her legs, her legs, her legs: her political legs

They told me I was off of my head
That a respectable woman should rather be dead
Than dress so indecently, but isn’t it funny
How the simplest fashion innovation
Can have striking political implications:
From bloomers to bikes,
To women gaining their rights

And so I say to all the fashion traitors, and all the innovators:
Don’t take for granted what you’ve got, and please don’t stop
Going out on a limb, fighting to win the rights to your political legs
Your legs, your legs, your legs, your political legs

Would you go out on a limb?
Would you go out on a limb?
Would you go out on a limb?
Would you go out on a limb?
For your legs, your legs: your political legs

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from SPIN, released March 20, 2011
evalyn parry guitar and lead vocal, Brad Hart, Bicycle and vocals, Anna Friz, Harmonica and vocals

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evalyn parry Toronto, Ontario

Award-winning Canadian songwriter, spoken word artist and theatre creator evalyn parry's genre-bending performances explore a powerful vision of social change. She's been featured at music, storytelling, pride, poetry, and theatre festivals all over the continent, taking her unique perspective on the world and transforming it into art that spans genres, genders and generations. ... more

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