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March of the Suffragettes

Hi all

Here's me playing "March of the Suffragettes" at Loughton Folk Club.

Sorry for the big goof at the end!

I'd be interested if anyone knows anything about this tune. I found it in the Phil Squires collection. It's credited to "A Mereman".

It seems the "Mere Man" was what we'd call a trope now, a way of juxtaposing conventional men against the Suffragette movement. It seems to have been an American thing.

Ian has found a copy dating from 1907. That's before the Suffragette movement in the UK turned militant and started using direct action. I don't know anything about the movement in the States.

I assumed it would be a comic, mocking tune but it's actually a pretty good march. Interesting it was published under a satirical pseudonym.

Anyone know anything about it?

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Permalink Reply by carrie horgan on November 27, 2015 at 15:29

Sorry, don't know anything about the tune but I enjoyed your performance - as does the person tapping their foot under the table - very catchy!

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Permalink Reply by thereallyniceman on November 29, 2015 at 13:14

Hi Russ, that joke gets better the more I hear it ;-)

William J Ball's CE Wood hoop Special sounds as good as you would expect.

I didn't notice the goof at the end. I just assumed that the needle had just jumped on your the cylinder recording !