The Wife Steps In

Who cares for this child
who sleeps with his horn?
He cares neither for the meadow
nor for the corn.

We all need some quiet
we all need some sleep.
Let me make some suggestions
I hope you will keep:

Fence the cows with barbed wire,
get dogs for the sheep!
The wire won't rust
and the sheepdogs won't sleep.

Last of all, most important,
take away the child's horn.
Let those of us sleep
who sleep in in the morn.