Nary a thing to eat Thanksgivin’
Only tin can truck!
Gettin’ tired of such a livin’,
Blame the orn’ry luck!
Nothin’ only beans an’ bacom–
Pard, excuse these tears!
Seems jest like we’ve been fursaken–
Darn this punchin’ steers!
Folks back home are jest a-stuffin’
Turkey-meat an’ pie;
At them feed-fests there’s no bluffin’;
Gosh, it makes me sigh!
No sich dinner for us fellers
In this camp appears;
Turkey ain’t fer cowboys’ smellers–
Darn this punchin’ steers!
Weather soggy-like an’ murky;
Makes me mighty blue;
Thinkin’ of Thanksgivin’ turkey
Makes me h’umsick, too.
Sour-dough bread an’ canned tomaters
Ain’t th’ grub that cheers;
Oh fer pie an’ mashed pertaters!
Darn this punchin’ steers!
Bunkhouse bunch are sick as blazes
Bein’ fed this way;
Gettin’ so th’ maynoo raises
Sam Hill ev’ry day!
ev’ry mother’s son a-kickin’
When th’ truck appears!
Never git a sniff o’ chicken–
Darn this punchin’ steers!
Same ol’ bread an’ beans furever!
Gosh, we’d like a change!
Reck’n we won’t git it never
While we ride th’ range!
Oh, fer some o’ mother’s cookin;–
That’s th’ dope that cheers!
Guess my callin’ I’ve mistooken–
DARN this punchin’ steers!
(Earl Alonzo Brininstool)
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