Explore

Girls were told, don't roam
Got to stay at home
Till the reign of Queen Victoria
The establishment
Said women not meant
To adventure and explore-ia

Gertrude Bell said "Poo
I can claim this too"
Spoke Arabic, French, and Persian
Good as any chaps
Working out new maps
On each Middle East excursion

Nellie Bly made it round the world, no flights
Isabella Bird reached the rocky heights
Lily Bristow kept going till she dropped
So many mountaineers reached the top

First lady to climb the Eiger
Lucy Walker, mountaineer
Female pioneer
One of the great explorers
Who travelled further than before
Ascended the Matterhorn
Oh see me explore

Having reached their peak
Women set to seek
Bigger planes and more higher heights
Each Aeroplane Jane
Had revered to gain
They could match their men in the skies

Let’s take for a start
Amelia Earhart
Wanted to be more romantic
In a flying burst
She would man the first
Solo flight across the Atlantic

Amy Johnstone, world star, no avoiding
Not bad for a flyer who started in Croydon

They had a lust for adventure, danger
First woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova
And we're going to explore
Mountains, skies and outer space
There's simply no place
Off-limits any more
Oh oh oh oh oh
See us explore