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Betty Tebbs was an English activist for women's rights and a peace campaigner.
She was described by the People's History Museum in Manchester as "a radical hero who worked tirelessly and with great humility to campaign for equal rights, workers' rights and peace her whole life.
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE FUNDING OF A PLAQUE TO COMMEMORATE BETTY ON THE GATES OF THE EAST LANCS PAPER MILL IN FESTIVAL GARDENS, RADCLIFFE GREATER MANCHESTER.
lyrics
BETTY TEBBS (ALL START)
V1 [A]WE ALL KNOW OUR HISTORY IS AIRBRUSHED
WE ALL KNOW HISTORY CAN BE [E]WRONG
[D]HIS STORY TELLS YOU WHAT THEY[A]THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW
[E]THAT’S WHY BETTY TEBBS DESERVES THIS [A]SONG
CHORUS
[D]BETTY TEBBS SHE FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE
[A]BETTY TEBBS SHE FOUGHT FOR PEACE
[D]BETTY TEBBS FOR EQUALITY
[E]BETTY TEBBS A LEGEND [A]INDEED
V2 [A]FROM FOURTEEN SHE HAD A CONSCIENCE
A DESIRE TO PUT THINGS [E]RIGHT
[D]EQUAL PAY FOR BOYS & GIRLS [A]IN THE FACTORY
[E]AND ALL HER LIFE SHE CARRIED ON THAT [A]FIGHT
[D]BETTY TEBBS SHE FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE
[A]BETTY TEBBS SHE FOUGHT FOR PEACE
[D]BETTY TEBBS FOR EQUALITY
[E]BETTY TEBBS A LEGEND [A]INDEED
SOLO OVER CHORUS
V3 [A]EIGHTY YEARS OF ACTIVISM
A LIFETIME OF FIGHTING FOR [E]YOU
[D]ARRESTED AT EIGHTY NINE PRO[A]TESTING IN THE ROAD
[E]BETTY TEBBS OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO [A]YOU
CHORUS
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released August 2, 2023
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