The Eternal Feminine

'Why are ships wimmen?' says Billy Magee; ''Ere's a few reasons as looks good to me.' 'There's good uns an' bad uns, an' wild an' contrary, An' stubborn an' stupid an' devil-may-care-y;' 'There's some that ain't nothin' but varnish an' paint, There's some 'as got tempers 'ud bother a saint;' 'There's some steers a course an' there's some as just won't, There's them fellers sticks to an' them as they don't.' 'An' this 'ere's a fact about wimmen and 'ookers - The best uns to live with ain't all the best lookers.' ''Umour an' coax 'em, you'll get your own way with 'em; 'Andle 'em wrong, there's the divvle to pay with 'em.' 'Larn all your life, you won't know all about 'em - An' wot 'ud the world be for us chaps without 'em?'