Analysis of Father

My father knows the proper way
     The nation should be run;
   He tells us children every day
     Just what should now be done.
   He knows the way to fix the trusts,
     He has a simple plan;
   But if the furnace needs repairs,
     We have to hire a man.
   My father, in a day or two
    Could land big thieves in jail;
  There's nothing that he cannot do,
    He knows no word like "fail."
  "Our confidence" he would restore,
    Of that there is no doubt;
  But if there is a chair to mend,
    We have to send it out.

All public questions that arise,
    He settles on the spot;
  He waits not till the tumult dies,
    But grabs it while it's hot.
  In matters of finance he can
    Tell Congress what to do;
  But, O, he finds it hard to meet
    His bills as they fall due.

It almost makes him sick to read
    The things law-makers say;
  Why, father's just the man they need,
    He never goes astray.
  All wars he'd very quickly end,
    As fast as I can write it;
  But when a neighbor starts a fuss,
    'Tis mother has to fight it.

In conversation father can
    Do many wondrous things;
  He's built upon a wiser plan
    Than presidents or kings.
  He knows the ins and outs of each
    And every deep transaction;
  We look to him for theories,
    But look to ma for action.