She wanted to smile,
Put on a big grin on her face,
Wanted to tell how happy she was, just for a while.
But she was asked not to,
You are a girl! Girls don't laugh and make merry like that!

She wanted to have fun,
Bask in the sun, to run and race.
Skip, hop, fight her bout, eagerly waiting for her turn.
But she was asked not to,
Dear who will marry you if you get two tones tanned doing all that?

She wanted her mind to speak,
Give words to her thoughts, her opinions,
Little did she know that the world would ...