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.
