Father's in the woodshed, <br />Cleaning forty fish; <br />Mother's in the kitchen, <br />Washing every dish; <br />Sister's upstairs making <br />Every bed we own; <br />The company is on the porch <br />With the graphophone. <br /> <br />Father does the rowing, <br />Brother does the chores, <br />Mother does the baking, <br />Sister sweeps the floors; <br />Everybody's working, <br />Here at Idlenook, <br />Except the company — and that <br />Sits down and reads a book.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/at-the-summer-cottage/
