Songs of the Cowboys (1921)/The Boozer

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4594140Songs of the Cowboys — The Boozer1921N. Howard Thorp

THE BOOZER

Cut this out of a Colorado newspaper

I’m a howler from the prairies of the West!
If you want to die with terror look at me!
I’m chain-lightning — if I ain’t, may I be blessed!
I’m the snorter of the boundless prairie!

He’s a killer and a hater!
He’s the great annihilator!
He’s a terror of the boundless prairie!

I’m the snoozer from the upper trail!
I’m the reveler in murder and in gore!
I can bust more Pullman coaches on the rail
Than any one who’s worked the job before.

He’s a snorter and a snoozer!
He’s the great trunk line abuser!
He’s the man who puts the sleeper on the rail!

I’m the double-jawed hyena from the East!
I’m the blazing bloody blizzard of the States!
I’m the celebrated slugger; I’m the Beast!
I can snatch a man bald-headed while he waits!

He’s a double-jawed hyena!
He’s the villain of the scena!
He can snatch a man bald-headed while he waits!