The Cowboy to His Friend in Need + 

You’re very well polished, I’m free to confess, + 

Well balanced, well rounded, a power for right; + 

But cool and collected⁠—no steel could be less; + 

You’re primed for continual fight. + 

Your voice is a bellicose bark of ill-will, + 

On hatred and choler you seem to have fed; + 

But when I control you, your temper is nil; + 

In fact, you’re most easily led. + 

Though lead is your diet and fight is your fun, + 

I simply can’t give you the jolt; + 

For I love you, you blessed old son-of-a-gun⁠— + 

You forty-five caliber Colt! + 