Name: Before She Turned to History
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: Martha Washington

Before She Turned to History

from First Ladies by Adam Tressler

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Martha Washington

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A little old woman in a puffy dress
She lives on in portraits and paragraphs on wikipedia
But you should know Martha,
She was more than just the first First Lady that there ever was
she had two kids and got rich before she met george Washington

She left a good impression everywhere she went
and she stood by the side of her man, even in the war
But she burned every letter that he ever sent her
She left nothing behind, for historians
Photographic images did not exist yet, obviously

Do me a favor, when you think of her,
Don’t picture the elderly
Imagine a young girl, light on her feet,
In a different century

we should all think of her differently
not like she was 63
She was a young girl, pretty and sweet
Before she turned to history

the thing about martha, she didnt ask for this
there wasn’t any precedent
she did her part to set the tone for everybody after them,

sooner or later, if we get it right,
we’ll remember her entirely
she lived a big life, obviously
before then she turned to history

she was a young girl light on her feet
before she turned to history

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from First Ladies, released May 28, 2021

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