The Web Poetry Corner - Wesley A. Storer - Jake the Rambling Rake
Jake the Rambling Rake
by
Wesley A. Storer
Dern Jerry, you fergot the ending again
cowboy esoterica
Once a poor gambler named Jake
Shot a poor Dentist by mistake
In a crazy alcoholic daze
Tempting those surly hands of fate
Not facing up to what he dud
He put himself back on the rud
Down to Lonely Guz for more fund
Tempting poor Hall, Awardus, and Jeeves
With Montana grass lush and green
Fur as far as the eye could see
Things happen for a reason it seems
But gunning down a poor dumb dentist
Is not really a reason serene
For starting a really good scene
He beguiled a poor gal down on her luck
Who didn't know love from a purple duck
And fell in with murderous rakes
From whose knowledge was no escape
For tempting the surly hands of fate
One day he got strung up by the nape
By Hall, Awardus, and old Jeeves
While Hell bitch tore off Hall's sleeve
His running killed Bosco, Jody, and Jenny
O'Malley, Spittle, Jeeves, and Awardus
From a ruint leyg down in Miles City
And Corie left Clarie by the Platt
Fow a San Francisco mansion full of rats
Giving Awardus's money to a nunnery
To help make that gay city big and fat
Her prayers brought Awardus from his grave
And He now help Nicholi Craze
Steal fancy cars in sixty seconds flat