Bessie

by Kathryn Morski

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Bessie is a woman who gets things done.
C             pB                A                      D                       G      C
She's not one of your fancy folks, spends summers tanning in the sun.
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She likes to sing and she loves to laugh.  She likes to have her fun,
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But Bessie is a woman who gets things done!  

          C                 A                               D            G           C
Well Bessie went to work for a farmer; got up at the break of day.
C            pB        A                     D             G
First, she fed his 98 cattle their 98 bales of hay.
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Then she milked them all, churned the butter, too, Cleaned the barn and she went 
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inside
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Asked the farmer "What else before breakfast?"  That farmer nearly died

(He said) Bessie you’re a woman who…

Well, Bessie went off traveling Just to see the Himalayan ice.
She thought those peaks looked pretty neat, So, she climbed Mt. Everest – twice!
Made friends with the Yeti and his family And she rescued a snow-bound bus.
When she got back down the folks all cheered.  Bessie said, "Hey, what's the fuss?"

(She said) You know I am a Woman who…

When Bessie went to Hollywood she was a legend almost over night.
Had a thirty-room mansion and a limousine and her name put up in lights.
She played Cleopatra and Lady MacBeth and Joan of Arc on fire.
When she’d done every thing in Hollywood she decided to retire.

She went back home to Michigan, fell in love with Dapper Dan.
She said, "I think I'll be content to spend my days sharing my life with this man."
But, being Bessie, she could not rest.  She had some twins, and some triplets, too,
And soon she and Dan had fourteen kids who all knew what to do. 

(They sang!)  Bessie, you're a woman who…

Well, now you've heard about Bessie and her exciting life.
You've heard about some of her various careers and how she ended up a wife.
I wrote this song for all the ladies who do more than can be done in a day.
When you're tired and you still have the sink to scrub you can smile and say…

Hey world, I'm a woman and I get things done!..

TAG:  You know, the world is full of women, men and children who get things done!

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