VERSE & JAZZ for International Women’s Day

Newcastle City Library:  Friday 8 March, 12.00 – 1.00 pm

Writer Gordon Phillips and singer Gabriele Heller with her band Gabriele mit drei are the entertainers for International Women’s Day.  The pieces are inspired by this year’s theme of “gaining momentum.”

PREACHER WOMAN BLUES

This far and no further says the preacher man,

And me the preacher woman - and that be all I can.

And me the preacher woman – and that be all I can.

But the Good Book it don’t say never,

No the Good Book it don’t say never,

The Good Book it don’t say never,

It says woman equals man.

This far and no further says the chief layman.

And me the preacher woman water flowers when I can.

And me the preacher woman water flowers when I can.

But the Good Book it don’t say never,

No the Good Book it don’t say never,

The Good Book it don’t say never,

It says woman equals man.

This far and no further is the word of man.

And me the preacher woman – and that be all I can.

And me the preacher woman – and that be all I can.

But the Good Book it don’t say never,

No the Good Book it don’t say never,

The Good Book it don’t say never,

It says woman equals man. 

G. F. Phillips