Roundup Cook (Robert V. Carr) There's good cooks and there's bad ones -- no harm in being frank But, speakin' gener'ly, I'll say a roundup cook's a crank There's something aggravatin' in the dealin' out of chuck That makes a man not care fer jokes, and feel down on his luck If you should think to doubt my word, jes' go and sass a cook And then fer some deep hole to hide, go take a sudden look While goin's good, you'd better go, before the hashknife falls Before the boss of pots and pans your frame in anger crawls But yet we sort of like the cook, and love to hear him say "Oh, you'd better come and git it, or I'll throw it all away!" And to his face -- tho' privately we cuss him now and then We brag upon his chuck and act like perfect gentlemen JN oct96
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