"The lyrics were published in The Woman Suffrage Campaign Song Book in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1882, and are set to the melody of "Auld Lang Syne." I actually first heard the song thanks to Jezebel staff writer Danielle Han's deep dive into Robert Burns, or "The Scottish Poet Who Gave Us 'Auld Lang Syne'" and how he "Was Kind of a Dick." Since you surely already know the melody, here's the first two verses."
"144 years later, and here we are. Our neighbors are easier to locate than ever; some even have podcasts, so we wouldn't even need to run into them on the street. In 2026, instead of opposing women's suffrage, they voted for Trump and oppose a woman's right to control her body. Frankly, I assume they probably oppose a woman's right to vote, too. Time is a cyclical devil with a terrible sense of humor."
A modern listener dove into suffragist history and praised the movement's striking songwriting. The song 'Keep Women in Her Sphere' offers a cheeky, subversive rebuke of drunk and bull-headed men who oppose a woman's right to vote, concluding with a supportive man's tale. The lyrics were published in The Woman Suffrage Campaign Song Book in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1882 and are set to the melody of 'Auld Lang Syne.' The first two verses portray a neighbor who insists 'Keep woman in her sphere.' The song appears on a 16-track album, Songs of the Suffragettes, recorded in 1958 and sung by folk singer Elizabeth Kni
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