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C J Dennis - A Case for Kings
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I`ve never had much truck with kings
   (Said old George Jones).  For all my days
My lot`s been cast `mid common thngs,
   My path has run by humble ways.
Tho` I have live my life in what
   Men call "The shadow of the throne,"
No king disturbed my peace one jot,
   And I have left them well alone.

But I have heard men rave and rant
   Of great injustice, wrongs and rights
And all that maudlin, modern cant
   Of liberty and freedom`s fights.
But peacefully I`ve gone my way
   And sought content on this bright earth.
I`ve harked to all they`ve had to say,
   And summed it up for all it`s worth.

But foreign lands have crushed their kings,
   And raised new flags of strange design;
Yet all the liberty it brings
   Seems, somehow, not one half of mine
In all those lands in this dread hour
   Warring ambitions rise supreme;
And, in his crazy lust for pow`r,
   Brother slays brother -- for a dream.

Some wise man, in some book I read
   (Said old George Jones) the seer explains
All human plans must have a head;
   And, if it falls, black chaos reigns.
And can one doubt?  When, far and wide,
   Not freedom`s gain, but freedom`s loss
Follows the fall, with fratricide
   `Mid those who would supplant the Boss.
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