Side Meat 'n Beans

An old cowpoke’s poor; don’t see a lot of pay

Not much of the green foldin’ kind any way

But at the end of the day when we dust off our jeans

Cookie’s wait with a pot of side meat and beans

 

 

A cowboy’s work is a long way from town

When time comes to eat there ain’t no place around

But just look for that chuck wagon, Cookie’s machine

You can bet he be cooking a pot of side meat and beans

 

 

A cowboy does a lot of hard work on that range there

He needs his nourishment and looks for three square

And he’ll come a runnin’ like you ain’t never seen

When he smells a pot full of side meat and beans

 

 

We wrangle them doggies and burn brands in the hides

We fix them busted fences and the broncos we ride

After a long day of such work, there food in your dreams

Just serve up a big pot of that side meat and beans

 

We drive herds to market and the chuck follows us there

Cookie sets up camp every day and fixes us three square

But at the end of the day when the slate is all clean

Nobody’s gripping about a pot of side meat and beans

 

 

Oh we like a steak, with some hot biscuits and gravy

You can even throw some beans on but make then navy

But after eatin’ all that high falutin’ cuisine

We are quite happy to get back to side meat and beans

 

We’s raised on this food from the time we could walk

We just want our three squares, some coffee, and talk

But when the time comes and that old supper bell rings

We’ll be a runnin’, lookin’ for that side meat and beans.

 

 

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