[PHOEBE BURN, spoken]
Dear Harry
[PHOEBE BURN]
I've never sent a telegram before
I drove all the way to town in a downpour
So I sure hope this reaches you in time for your vote today
I'm real proud you hold that office
And son, there's something I must say
Your father gave his life in the Great War three years ago
And oh, I'll be kicked out of McMinn County for saying so
I hate this President for making him go
And I wish I'd had the right to vote him out
Now I know I'm just an old farmer's widow milking cows in Tennessee
But I read the paper and I've seen the women marching to be free
They made me think that maybe
I could hop a train to Washington, D.C. and march too
Only I was home, raising you
So I did my best to teach you what I knew
Now your own little girlie's nearly three
What do you want her future to be?
Vote aye for her, my son
Let your mama know she raised a good one
And oh, I made that meatloaf you like
So come on home when you're done
[SPEAKER, spoken]
Burn! Burn! For Christ's sake, Burn!
[HARRY BURN, spoken]
Aye
[ALICE, spoken]
We did it?
[PHOEBE BURN]
With lots of love
Mama