Rosa's Stew

[bnewman]

Hanging out with a certain circle of friends from Bryn Mawr College has firmly associated the words "roses, too" with feminism, activism, and amazing pagan potlucks. Those who feed those who march also fight for justice.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: "Bread and Roses" by James Oppenheim, set to music by Mimi Farina

listen to this song
 

/ G CG-- / C D / 1st / DA D /

 

/: G - / C(Am) D :/ G - /

 

As we go marching, marching

To fight the noble fight

A band of angry women

Can work up an appetite

 

All day long we've walked together

Voices raised in songs of protest

And we sing a little louder

When the potluck is at Rosa's

 

As we go marching, marching

Singing songs of love and toil

In Rosa's cluttered kitchen

Something good is on the boil

 

When marching makes us hungry

There's one thought that sees us through

Yes, it is bread we fight for

What we crave is Rosa's stew

 

It's often said of Martha

That her sourdough never fails

But leave it out all April

And it gets a little stale

 

When bread and hearts have hardened

There is just one thing to do

There's no crust that will not soften

When it's dunked in Rosa's stew

 

Now, stew can be nutritious

But this is so much more

In it we have a foretaste

Of the world we're fighting for

 

At Jane's pie and Sarah's salad

We will not turn up our noses

But for hungry souls and bellies

There's no cooking quite like Rosa's