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Edgar Guest - For Others—And His Wife
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HE took off his hat to the woman next door,
But he wouldn`t do that for his wife;
He picked up the handkerchief dropped Jon the floor,
But he wouldn`t do that for his wife;
He ran for a chair when a fair maiden stood,
Did everything that a gentleman should,
When leaving he helped her get into her hood,
But he wouldn`t do that for his wife.

He offered his arm to the fair Mrs. Brown,
But he wouldn`t do that for his wife;
He gallantly carried her parcels from town,
But he wouldn`t do that for his wife;
He helped her alight from the trolley car then,
Didn`t stand on the platform to smoke with the men,
But sat down beside her. I`ll say it again
That he wouldn`t do that for his wife.

If it `a proper these little attentions to pay,
Then he ought to pay them to his wife; 
No man is polite, let me venture to say,
If he isn`t polite to his wife.
Fair woman deserves all our courtesies — true,
And enough for her no man is able to do,
But the man who`s a gentleman right through and through,
Is a gentleman first to his wife.
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