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Mrs. James K Polk*

from First Ladies by Adam Tressler

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Sarah Polk

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we’ve got to talk about sarah
the one that called herself mrs james k polk
they never had any children
they put everything/all their focus into his life and work
put their energy in/to politics and it worked

she/sarah got a lot of credit
an equal partner power couple in an antique world
no doubt she was productive
but theres a reason why and it isn’t good
i think you know where i’m going with this…

she’s gonna have an asterisk by her name
a plantation owning southern belle with fifty slaves
Without them she’d be useless
there is a bitterness to her name
built upon the labor of her “fifty” slaves
she wanted to be famous
well well sarah, you got your wish,
but it comes with an asterisk

when the civil war broke out
she/sarah clearly sympathized with the southern side
but she pretended to be neutral
to get favors from old friends in washington

ran a confederate oasis
fellow traitors found a safe space in her home
as tennesee burned around her
sarah held on to a horrid way of life
there was no excuse in/by 1865

she’s gonna have an asterisk by her name
a plantation owning southern belle with fifty slaves
religious and self righteous
there is a bitterness to her name
built upon the labor of her 50 slaves
Hard to make excuses
you won’t find any sympathy here
even though it was a different time, an older year
you wanted to be famous
well well sarah, you got your wish but it comes with an asterisk

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from First Ladies, released May 28, 2021

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