THE COCKY'S DAUGHTER'S PET

THIS IS ANOTHER POEM INSPIRED BY OLD JIM.FOR THOSE NOT LIVING IN AUSTRALIA IT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW,THAT THE COCKY IS THE STATION (FARM) BOSS &TUCKER IS FOOD.ON THESE STATIONS, THE COCKY LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY,AND AS ANYWHERE ELSE, KIDS FALL IN LOVE WITH PETS.ON A STATION USUALLY IT'S A LAMB OR YOUNG SHEEP,AND THEY MAKE SUCH A FUSS OF THE ANIMALS, THAT THEY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDLE LIKE THE OTHER SHEEP.BUT LIKE ALL THE OTHER SHEEP,THEY NEED TO BE SHORN.

"ITS THE LAST ONE THAT I'LL SHEAR TODAY,
THEN I'M HANGING UP ME TOOL.
COME HERE YOU ROTTEN MONGREL THING
DON'T TAKE ME FOR A FOOL.
I'VE HAD TWO HUNDRED LIKE YOU THIS DAY
AND NOW ITS TIME FOR TUCKER'
I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT WITH YOU ALL NIGHT
COME HERE YOU WOOLEY BUGGER."

THE COCKY'S DAUGHTERS PET,
THE ONE HE LET HER KEEP
IT ACTS MORE LIKE A PUPPY DOG,
THAN ALL THE OTHER SHEEP.
EVERY STATIONS GOT ONE,
OR TWO OR THREE OR MORE
AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SHEAR THEM,
WHAT DO THEY TAKE ME FOR?

"GET OVER HERE LAMB CHOPS,
I'M NOT CHASING AFTER YOU.
I'LL SLIT YER BLOODY THROAT YER THING
AND YOU'LL END UP IN A STEW.
PET OR NO PET,
MATTERS NOT TO ME
I'LL HAVE YER COAT LIKE ALL THE REST,
THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE ME TEA"

HALF THE NIGHT I CHASED THIS THING
ALL AROUND THE PARK
AND BY THE TIME I CAUGHT IT
IT WAS NEARER MORN THAN DARK.
BUT I CAUGHT IT,AND I CLIPPED IT
NO BEATING ME,YOU BET.
YEP,EVERY STATIONS GOT ONE,
THE COCKY'S DAUGHTERS PET.