A Good Hand
 
He's working in the kitchen of a little cafe
this guy I know
who was a good hand in his day.
 
Back in younger years we'd worked the O bar K
and another spread
off to the east called the circle J.
 
But after being stove up by a rank bull in his way
he hired on to cook
instead of cuttin' cows for pay.
 
It's been near thirty years since he used to say.
"Gather round the coffee boys
drink an' eat an' pray."
 
He's over there, I see him smiling in a friendly way
serving eggs and hash
to folks who never may
 
know this guy's a cowboy
right here in this cafe.
©Steve Dirksen