In honour of International Women’s Day, Samaritanmag’s cause song of the month is “Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? (Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?)” about women’s suffrage — the right to vote on the same terms as men. Written by L. May Wheeler circa 1884, the chorus is “Oh dear, what can the matter be / Women are wanting to vote.” One of the verses begins “Women have husbands, they are protected…Women have fathers, they're not neglected/Why are they wanting to vote?” The last verse outlines the reasons. The song is available on the compilation Songs of the Suffragettes, sung by Elizabeth Knight in 1954, and released by the Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings in 2004. Buy It here. — Karen Bliss