Those Were the Days
Those Were the Days
By Elton Camp
Before there was a welfare state,
Everybody pulled his own weight
Women didn’t ever run around
At hard work they were found
Their husbands they obeyed
Submissive to them thus stayed
Another benefit then, of course
We very rarely heard of divorce
They had no need to read or write
Heavy labor was their chief delight
After working all day in the field
To his demand for love they yield
Every two years, a child to bear
Then see to its necessary care
When they got too old to breed
A younger wife he might need
How lordly was the life he led
As the family dictator and head
From ladies, let’s hear a squawk
As against this poem they balk
Do you think I truly feel this way?
The jack wants the jenny to bray
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