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I just recieved her album in the mail......below are the words to the song
I mentioned in my basenote.....She also has one for celebrating the "men 
with the vision to see with equality everyone gains" called Here's to the
Men.  Anyone wishing the words to all her songs on the album, send me Vaxmail
at ISTG::GARDNER and I will send you same.

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			MAN'S JOB 
			BY EILEEN MCGANN


Based on her experiences while working as a Bell Telephone installer
a few years ago.



"I spent some time working on telephone
Going into houses and putting in the lines
I met a lot of people and I saw a lot of lives go by
Though not completely unexpected, still I was surprised
By the many, many people who'd look me in the eyes 
And say, "What's a pretty little girl like you doing here?"
"That's a job for a man to do, so why the hell did they give it to you?"
"Coulndn't you find a secretarial job, my dear?"

"Hey honey, whatcha doin' in a man's job?
Dontcha know the unemployment rate's hight?
A man needs a job, but a woman needs a man
To protect her and support her 'til the day that she dies"

I worked inside a building of Ontario Housing
And met a young woman with a two-year-old child
He followed me round and he watched while I stapled and dialed
His mother, speaking softly, said his father'd up and run
And he'd taken all their money and left her with a son
And the government hand-out is the only way that they can survive
She had tried to find a job that was good enough to pay
For the day care that her little boy would need when she's away
But the salaries they offered were not enough to keep them alive

But people asked......


Another time I went into a prettly little bungalow
And met a tiny woman with three children at her feet
She welcomed  me in and gave me tea and something to eat
Though she wore a lot of make-up, her skill could not erase
The dark and ugly bruises that blackened half her face
And though the weather was hot, she was wearing a blouse with long sleeves
She told me that her man was always drunk when he came home
And she hoped he'd keep on beating her and leave the kids alone
And she hadn't any money or family and was frightened to leave

But next door they asked......

The apartment was small, but it echoed as I entered
All it had inside was a table, bed and chair
But the old woman smiled at me and said she was glad I was there
She said "I haven't much to offer, but please come, have some tea
I'm really very lonely now, 'cause no one speaks to me."
I couldn't help but notice that the tea bag she used wasn't new
She said her husband had a pension, but it's years now since he died
And she'd never thought of what she'd do, he'd said he would provide
"I'm glad you've got a job", she said, "so this will never happen to you"

But her neighbors asked........
	

Too Bad I missed it....  I heard the song on the WERS morning coffee house show
last wednesday when they were doing a bunch of protest songs... it's good...

JMB 

    There's a woman named Tracy Chapman, out of the midwest somewhere
    (Cleveland sticks in my mind), who's been getting quite a lot
    of airplay on WMDK-FM in Peterborough -- in fact,  her new
    album is their "feature album of the week."
    
    It contains some of the most socially conscious stuff I've heard
    on a mainstream station in years.  I'll try to get some of
    the lyrics.
    
    Does anybody know anything about her?  
    
    --bonnie

    
    Oh, good, a chance to carry on about Tracy Chapman. Tracy's a Tuft's
    anthropology grad who performed a lot around Boston, Cambridge and
    Somerville over the last few years. Finally, her first album is
    out on Electra Records and is available (probably at The Harvard
    Coop, Wood and Strings (Arlington) and  (definitely) at New Words.
    
    There was a favorable review in The New York Times (4/3/88) which
    is clipped and posted in New Words near her album/cassette.  In it she's
    compared to Joan Armitrading.
    
    Tracy's a real winner in concert and has always attracted crowds
    whether playing the "Nameless Coffeeehouse" or Folktree's "Women
    In Folk Music Festival."   
            

    P.S.  She is from Cleveland
    
    Ann Marie

    I use to follow Margie Adams - an excellent feminist musician.
    She is great in concert and her songs really express her piece of
    mind.  I have lost track of her though since I left college - has
    any one heard from her lately.
    
    Suzanne

    Apologies for the VERY short notice...
    
    There's a local folk singer with a BEAUTIFUL voice named Marienne
    Kreitlow who will be performing on Sunday in Marlboro:
    
    		St Stephens Church
    		537 Bolton St
    		Marlboro, MA
    
    		Sunday April 24th, 1988
    			3:00pm
    
    She writes lyrics that are fairly calm but touch on womanhood in
    a rather optimistic way. She plays both guitar and piano and will
    be accompanied by two storytellers, Ellen Hayden & Cheryl Savageau
    and a second musician, John Hartford. 
    
    I'm planning on going, I'd love to bump into some other noters...
    we can wear our badges or something!  :-)
    
    LKF