Home » Things I've Learned » I’m No Lady

I’m No Lady

273. I’m No Lady

It’s interesting that most people who call me a lady think they are being nice, being complimentary, perhaps even honoring my age, but I haven’t liked the word for some years, I don’t much like it now, and chances are great that I won’t like it in the future. Now, it’s not a huge thing, and sometimes I just let it pass. But occasionally I go into my whole explanation—even quote my own song:

Lady, Lady

Hey you need to know I’m not a lady,

Never have been one so I’ve been told,

And I don’t intend to be a lady,

It is just not one of my goals.

Ladies are reined and wear white kid gloves,

Ladies try to please, oh yes they do.

Ladies are polite and speak in quiet voices

And they never stamp their feet or throw a plate at you.

Lady, Lady, Thank you, no, I don’t want to be a lady.

Lady, Lady, Thank you, but no thanks.

Ladies have such manners and are never rude,

Ladies are quite gentile.

Ladies think of others almost all the time,

Well, I’m more interested in being real.

Lady, Lady, Thank you, no, I don’t want to be a lady.

Lady, Lady, Thank you, but no thanks.

Hey you need to know I’m not a lady,

Never have been one so I’ve been told,

And I don’t intend to be a lady,

It is just not one of my goals.

© Copyright 1983 by Ann Freeman Price

As I type the words, the feelings all come back. If someone were to say to me, “You are really an interesting woman,” now that I would take as a compliment. But I believe that the concept of “lady” appears too often in the category of patriarchy, and I just don’t buy it.

Leave a Reply

Daybook of Personal Faith

daybook of personal faith

Daybook of my personal Faith is written for everyday of the year, with chants, songs, mandalas to color, poems, stories, prayers, and reflections.

Mama and Me

Mama and Me

Mama and Me---Our last three years together and beyond is a book about a relationship, built over 50 years and culminating in Mama’s death.

Graces To Sing

Graces To Sing

Graces To Sing to Tunes You Know is filled with familiar tunes with new words to celebrate times with family and friends, good food and thanks.

Trilogy of Cancer

Trilogy of Cancer

Ann's story of her cancer journey...filled with stories, poems, songs. You will laugh, cry....

Shadorma’s

Shadorma’s

This is a book that puts each of the 150 psalms in the psalter into a shadorma poetry form. Some of the longer psalms have several shadormas.

Women Songs | Peace Songs

Women Songs | Peace Songs

Woman Songs|Peace Songs is a collection of inspirational and powerful music still speaking to our times. Originally recorded in 1980.

Wisdom of Children

Wisdom of Children

Wisdom of Children is a collection of stories of the Grandchildren in Ann's life, their wisdom and her reflections for God.

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me is a wonderful children's book. A conversation between a Grandmother and Grandson.

© 2010-2024 Ann Freeman Price All Rights Reserved -- Copyright notice by Blog Copyright