A Universal Truth

A Universal Truth By Elton Camp The kings orders, his subjects hasten to obey But in his own castle it doesn’t work that way He can give commands when he thinks needed By his wife you can be sure they’re unheeded The prince can give the princess instructions all day But it’s almost certain she won’t do what he may say The duke may tell the duchess what she’s to do If he says she obeys, about other things he’s untrue The serf may tell his wife what she should be doing But the day he tries to enforce it one he’ll be ruing So great wealth or power don’t really mean a thing True of any man when into a house a wife does bring The man who thinks a rebellious wife he’ll slap down Is probably one of the very dumbest ones to be found For if by violence he forces her to his will to comply To never go to sleep and night, he sure needs to try To stay alert both day and night he had better prepare Lest she finds a chance to damage him beyond repair