Licorice Lariats?

Did they eat their beans and bacon
And then, gazing at the stars,
Finish up their graceful dining
With a couple Hershey Bars?

Did they search for "little dogies"
With root beer in their canteens?
While their saddle bags were bouncin',
Bulgin' out with jelly beans?

Did they raid the old chuck wagon
For fruit pies or maybe mince,
Try to tame their halitosis
With some red striped peppermints?

Did each wild and woolly wrangler
Have a sweet tooth he would feed
And then slip a cube of sugar
To his brave and faithful steed?

—Grandpa Tucker
Copyright ©1996 by Bob Tucker