Name: Who's Your Lady Friend
Duration: P00H04M52S
Description: This track is about some of the many, many notable Quaker women: Elizabeth Hooton (1628-1672), Damaris Parker (1918-1986), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943 to present), Anna Bidder (1903-2001), Dorothy Miller (member of Heswall Quaker Meeting, like me, and I'm far too afraid to ask her age!), Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), Emiia Fogelklou (1878-1972). We celebrate them all with a lively rhumba!

Who's Your Lady Friend

from Quaker Songs. NOW FREE to stream AND download! by Eden Thomas and Friends

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This track is about some of the many, many notable Quaker women: Elizabeth Hooton (1628-1672), Damaris Parker (1918-1986), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943 to present), Anna Bidder (1903-2001), Dorothy Miller (member of Heswall Quaker Meeting, like me, and I'm far too afraid to ask her age!), Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), Emiia Fogelklou (1878-1972). We celebrate them all with a lively rhumba!

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CHORUS
Who’s your lady Friend?
Who’s your lady Friend?
Go on choose from any, for surely there are many

…. repeat.

Mrs Hooton said for the souls of men of me, inflict on me any sin.
Damaris wrote in a very fine book, the way out is the way in.
Dame Jocelyn, though no Nobel Prize, found the pulsating star
Anna Bidder’s Quaker View of Sex ensured we’d all go far.

CHORUS.

Mrs Miller and son grew a garden which showed torture for all to see.
Elizabeth Fry demonstrated why, though prisoners are not free,
We all have the right to find the light and in the end walk tall.
And Fogelklou proved it is true that love redeems us all.

CHORUS

These women and countless others tell, in thought and deed how we,
If we have a mind, don’t fall behind but live our testimonies.
And should we fail, lean on the rail that’s always by our side,
To keep us strong, to right the wrong and with our Lord abide.

CHORUS

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from Quaker Songs. NOW FREE to stream AND download!, released July 2, 2013

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Eden Thomas

Eden Thomas is a folk singer/song writer and has, in his time, owned several boats on the sea, lakes, rivers and canals. He served in the merchant navy, been a university lecturer, and founded, operated then sold a hi tec IT company, before becoming a Quaker chaplain. Now, happily, he is completely retired and walks the dog.. ... more

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