A Good Man Though Poem by Francis Duggan

He's a good man he works hard for his pay
And with his wife and kids he attends church on sunday
Though his next door neighbours who to him worship a different God
He does not speak to looks on them as odd.

He's a good man one who leads a good life
Though he has been known for to beat his wife
When with him she chooses to disagree
He is the ruler of his family.

He's a good man but when his kids him disobey
A good caning helps for to make them see things in his way
His nearest and dearest must live by his rule
He believes for to be kind at times one must be cruel.

He's a good man who rules by his own law
But to be human is not to be without some flaw
Though his wife to her best friend she did confide
That in public he does show his better side.

He's a good man though his wife with their two young children him has left
And of any happiness he feels totally bereft
And at the pub he moans to everyone
About the awful wrong to him that has been done.