Suffrage Songs and Verses — Boys Will Be Boys

BOYS WILL BE BOYS f “Boys will be boys,” and boys have had their day;

Boy-mischief and boy-carelessness and noise Extenuated all, allowed, excused and smoothed away, Each duty missed, each damaging wild act, By this meek statement of unquestioned fact-- Boys will be boys!

Now, “women will be women.

” Mark the change;

Calm motherhood in place of boisterous youth;

No warfare now; to manage and arrange, To nurture with wise care, is woman’s way, In peace and fruitful industry her sway, In love and truth.

FOR FEAR f