Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads · John A. Lomax (collector)

Chapter 101: The Boozer

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 anyone 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.