by Mica and Jen
"This song was written by two women, called Mica and Jen. Jen was the first woman who I had ever seen (with me at the tender age of 17 and all) who was a dyke, I was scared of her and intrigued at the same time. She was tall and tough and funny, and Mica had pink hair which was fabulous enough in itself."
~ Becky Griffiths
SHAMELESS HUSSIES
We're shameless hussies and we don't give a damn!
We're loud and raucous and
we're fight for our rights
and our sex and
our need to be free.
Men call us names to be nasty and rude like, "lesbian," "manhater," "witch," and "prostitute."
What a laugh
because half
of it's true!
This patriarchal (or fragile, docile) image of our sex must die
From centuries of silence we are screaming in to action!
We're shameless (or Greenham or Brazen) hussies and we don't give a damn!
We're loud and raucous and
we're fight for our rights
and our sex and
our need to be free.
3 comments:
I've always heard that "Shameless Hussies" was an old song from the Suffragettes. So who are Mica and Jen, and what is their story, in more detail?
I want to know, because I'm working on compiling a book of "Circle Songs from Lesbian Lands" which includes it. And I would like to give credit to the true authors of songs. And there are MANY songs that I'm looking for authors of...
We sing it arounnd here in New Mexico still...
Pelicanrebecca@juno.com
I first heard "shameless hussies" at the Southern Women's Music and Comedy Festival in northern Georgia. (summer of 1989?)
Raven Light sang it post festival at the pot latch circle. If memory serves me, she said it came from some women from the Seneca Peace Camps and also included something of a disclaimer due to the volitile nature of the tune. As it's sung to the tune of "Dixie"... the song that goes "wish i was in the land of cotton...
I've always adored the lyrics regardless of the unfortunate source of the original tune and to this day I thoroughly enjoy sharing it with others.
I remember "Shameless hussies" as an Embra Scotland drinking song, late 70's early 80's.
Jen an Mica sure popularized it at Greenham but it was already in my repatior when hit Greenham at age 16."
Cassandra White
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