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No More, No More (3:03): Though some women in the U.S. enjoyed increasing autonomy in the early 20th century, many women of color continued to live in the deeply traumatic conditions of the Jim Crow era, claiming autonomy for themselves wherever possible.

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I worked in that woman’s kitchen
Scrubbed that woman’s floors
Did that woman’s dishes
No more, no more
I sewed that woman’s dresses
Opened that woman’s doors
Kept that woman’s secrets
No more, no more

No more, no more
No more, no more
New day coming
No more, no more

I hung that woman's laundry
Washed that woman's drawers
Stood still while she beat me
No more, no more
I rubbed that woman's feet
Wrapped that woman's sores
Endured that name she called me
No more, no more

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Fought off that woman’s husband
Diapered that woman’s child
Taught that kid good manners
Though he still grew rough and wild
I waited on that woman’s friends
Did that that woman’s chores
Made that woman’s life easy
No more, no more

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I walked ten miles to home
‘Til my feet grew red and sore
Endured that woman's anger
No more, no more
I covered for that woman's lies
Heard her rage and roar
Suffered long in silence
No more, no more

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Saro Lynch-Thomason North Carolina

Saro Lynch-Thomason is a ballad singer, song writer, folklorist, documentarian, and illustrator from Asheville, North Carolina. Her passion for traditional music, people’s struggles and Appalachian traditions calls her to perform, teach and produce media that tell the stories and songs of America’s social history. ... more

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