Wednesday, 30 December 2020

LONG AGO IN THE OLD WILD WEST

 

Long ago in the

        Old Wild West

With empty pockets

         In his vest

Into the frontier

        Town of Conroy

Rode a ragged

        Looking cowboy

He tied up by

       The towns hotel

And found a man

       A tale to tell

He said that he

       Had bad luck

And all he needed

       Was a buck

The man took him

       To the saloon

Saying if you drink       

          From the spittoon

Ill give you fifty

       Take time to think

Fifty dollars

       If you take a drink

The cowboy nodded

        And then said yes

He was willing

       Well more or less

He held the spittoon

       Up to his lip

He took a breath

       And then a sip

He drank his fill

       Till all was gone

The man paid up

       And said well done

You really earned

       This money well

 But I must say this

       If truth to tell

I would have paid you

       Just to try

You did not need

       To drink it dry

Why didn’t you stop?

       Are you a chump?

I couldn’t stop

       It was in one lump

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