"WHO'LL take care of the baby?" Says Joe to Sam, in fierce debate Upon the woman question; "You've answered well all other points, Now here's my last suggestion: When woman goes to cast her vote, -- Some miles away, it may be, -- Who, then, I ask, will stay at home To rock and tend the baby?" Quoth Sam: "I own you've made my case Appear a little breezy; I hoped you'd pass this question by, And give me something easy. But since the matter seems to turn On this one as its axis, Just get the one who rocked it when She went to pay her taxes!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMIN' THRO' THE RYE by ROBERT BURNS STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND by REGINALD HEBER TO A GARDEN IN APRIL by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG MILTONIC by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT SING A SONG by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: AUTUMN by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |