by Margaret Sanger (1879 - 1966)
The Margaret Sanger Song
Language: English
"More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control." Let's abort our children by the millions. The "weeds" and "reckless breeders" and "defectives." Yes, let's abort those children in the millions. The "feebleminded" "never should have been born." Let's abort your children by the millions "To create a race of thoroughbreds." Yes, let's abort more children by the millions. The "poor" and "indigent" and those we scorn. "The most merciful thing that a large family does To one of its infant members is to kill it." Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. Let's abort our children by the millions. The "weeds" and "reckless breeders" and "defectives." Yes, let's abort those children in the millions. The "feebleminded" "never should have been born." Kill it. Kill him. Kill her. Kill them. "Human weeds." "Reckless breeders." "No Gods, no masters!" "Morgues of freedom!" "Filling the hospitals!" Kill them now!
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Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Sanger (1879 - 1966) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Margaret Sanger Song", 2006 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-04-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 164