| ADAM Tell ya 'bout them sobbin' women Who lived in the Roman days. It seems that they all went swimmin' While their men was off to graze. Well, a Roman troop was ridin' by And saw them in their "me oh my", So they took 'em all back home to dry. Least that's what Plutarch says. Oh yes! Them a woman was sobbin', sobbin', sobbin' Fit to be tied. Ev'ry muscle was throbbin', throbbin' From that riotous ride. Seems they cried and kissed and kissed and cried All over that Roman countryside So don't forget that when you're takin' a bride. Sobbin' fit to be tied From that riotous ride! They never did return their plunder The victor gets all the loot. They carried them home, by thunder, To rotundas small but cute. And you've never seens so, They tell me, such downright domesticity. With a Roman baby on each knee Named "Claudius" and "Brute" SIX BROTHERS Oh yes! Them a women was sobbin', sobbin', passin' them nights. ADAM While the Romans was goin' out hobbin', nobbin' Startin' up fights. They kept occupied by sewin' lots of little old togas For them tots and sayin' "someday women folk'll have rights." GIDEON Passin' all o' them nights. ADAM Just sewin'! While the Romans had fights. CALEB "Hey listen to this" Now when their men folk went to fetch 'em Them women would not be fetched. It seems them Romans catch 'em That their lady friends stay catched. ADAM Now let this be because it's true, A lesson to the likes of you, Grab em up like them there Romans do Or else they'll think you ... |
