Cole Porter — I Am Ashamed that Women are So Simple

[LILI] I am ashamed that women are so simple To  offer war, where they should kneel for peace Or  seek for rule, supremacy, and sway When they are bound to serve, love and obey Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth Unapt  to toil and trouble in the world But  that our soft conditions and our hearts Should well agree with our external parts? So,  wife, hold your temper And meekly put Your hand 'neath the soul of Your husband's foot In  token of which duty If he please My hand is ready Ready May it due him ease