Her cover of Hazel Dickens’ “Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There” stands as a powerful feminist anthem. Nolan, a bleached-blond fighter for social justice, delivers the lyrics with conviction: “Well, there's more to her than powder and paint / Than her peroxided bleached-out hair / Well, if she acts that way / It's 'cause you've had your day / Don't put her down you helped put her there.”

Personnel:
Rosy Nolan: vocals, acoustic guitar, triangle
Julian McClanahan: fiddle
Dirk Powell: accordion
Ryan Posner: double bass
Jim Doyle: drums
Dee Farnsworth: backing vocals
Produced by Rosy Nolan
Co-Producers: Heather Anne Lomax and Jason Hiller
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Jason Hiller at Electrosound Recordings (Los Angeles, CA)
© 1973 Hazel Dickens / Happy Valley Music (BMI)
℗ 2025 Rosy Nolan
all rights reserved

Lyrics

You pull the strings
She's your plaything
You can make her or break her, it's true
You abuse her, accuse her
Turn around and use her
Then forsake her any time it suits you

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
Well, if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down you helped put her there

She hangs around
Playing the clown
While her soul is aching inside
She's heartbreak's child
She just lives for your smile
To build her up in a world made by men

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint
Than her peroxided bleached-out hair
Well, if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down you helped put her there

At the house down the way
You sneak and you play
For her love, her body, or her shame
Then you call yourself a man
You say you just don't understand
How a woman could turn out that way

Well, there's more to her than powder and paint
Then the men she picks up at the bar
Well, if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down you helped put her there
Well, if she acts that way
It's 'cause you've had your day
Don't put her down you helped put her there