The Song of Good Understanding

All men know that salvation should be won, But with ambition won't have done, have done. Where are the famous ones of days gone by? In grassy graves they lie now, every one. All men know that salvation should be won, But with their decadent wealth won't have done, have done. Each day they grumble they've not made enough. When they've enough, it's time to rest upon the bier. All men know that salvation should be won, But with their loving wives won't have done, have done. The swain protests each day his love won't cool, But when you're dead, she'll soon be someone else's fool. All men know that salvation should be won, But with their children won't have done, have done. Yet fond parents there have been since ancient times, But whoever saw a grateful child at need?