 Song of the Domestic League |
| Virginia Brodine, author and activist, wrote this song in about 1939 as an organizing song for domestic workers. It says a lot about “women's work”. They're comin' from the nursery and from the laundry, too And they're comin' from the kitchen where there's always work to do And they're joining hands in friendship, and they're joining in this song If we build the League together it will make us strong Come on girls, join us in the chorus Come on girls, make the rafters ring One alone can't speak above a whisper But if we join together they can hear us sing Some girls work from 9 to 5 or 'til the whistle blows Some don't have to work at all 'cause papa's got the dough No matter when we start out day, how hard the work we do No whistles blow for us because we're never through They can see the rows and rows of clothes we hang upon the line They can always see the tarnish when the silver needs a shine They can see a hundred extra things they'd like to have us do Why is it they can never see our point of view? |