Father

My father knows the proper way      The nation should be run;

He tells us children every day      Just what should now be done.

He knows the way to fix the trusts,      He has a simple plan;

But if the furnace needs repairs,      We have to hire a man.

My father, in a day or two     Could land big thieves in jail;

There's nothing that he cannot do,     He knows no word like "fail.""Our confidence" he would restore,     Of that there is no doubt;

But if there is a chair to mend,     We have to send it out.

All public questions that arise,     He settles on the spot;

He waits not till the tumult dies,     But grabs it while it's hot.

In matters of finance he can     Tell Congress what to do;

But,

O, he finds it hard to meet     His bills as they fall due.

It almost makes him sick to read     The things law-makers say;

Why, father's just the man they need,     He never goes astray.

All wars he'd very quickly end,     As fast as I can write it;

But when a neighbor starts a fuss,     'Tis mother has to fight it.

In conversation father can     Do many wondrous things;

He's built upon a wiser plan     Than presidents or kings.

He knows the ins and outs of each     And every deep transaction;

We look to him for theories,     But look to ma for action.