Swing it Your Way
By James Hyland
Well hello friend welcome in
Meet Hannah, Lydia, Hannah, Susan,
Louisa, Martha, and Emmy Lou
They’re all the pretty ladies I’m married to.
Actually, It’s Emmeline, and I’m no joke
My mission’s to win women’s right to vote
the Church needs help on election day
If you let women vote, we’ll swing it your way
Swing it your way
Gonna swing it your way
Let us vote and you’ll see
How we swing it with our constituency
Oh swing it your way
Gonna swing it your way
You’ll need us on election day
If you let women vote, we’ll swing it your way
You know two votes is more than one,
Now here’s where the advantage went to the Mormons,
If you give the right to vote to every man’s mate
The one vote in my house turns to eight
Swing it your way
Gonna swing it your way
Let us vote and you’ll see
How we swing it with our constituency
Oh swing it your way
Gonna swing it your way
You’ll need us on election day
If you let women vote, we’ll swing it your way
We moved out west to make our escape,
And settled down next to the Great Salt Lake
but the new railroad’s running through this town
Bringing more men in and letting Mormons out
The way this place is starting to go
You better give women the right to vote
We pay taxes and give so much more
we let you take our men and children and send em to war
but when it comes to who says where we got no voice
its time you finally give us the right to make the choice
So, on February 12th, the law was passed
and on Valentine Day the first votes were cast
Then Emmeline jumped on an eastbound train
To fight for American women so they could do the same, oh
Oh swing it your way
Gonna swing it your way
The way this place is starting to go
You better give women
You ought to give women
We’ll definitely improve your way of living
Give women the right to vote