Parrot, Goat And Rooster

My parrot, my goat and my rooster

The finest of pets that you’ll find

With them I bring joy wherever I go

And make some to make things go round

To New Mexico and Arkansas

And even to Illinois’ shores

I sell off my kids to the highest bid

And then I return home for more

I grew up to thrive among horses

And I do not deny I was poor

Now my name is known throughout the plains

And among the gueros in the north

Death rides ever by my side

And the high lords far behind

For where there’s will there’ll be a way

And my ways are hard to find

Money’s a treacherous companion

And that’s why I spend mine with ease

On women and friends, to smoothen the bends

I keep just the little I need

They say that my pets bring but pain and regrets

And then they ask me to pass them a booster

It’s the greatest of men who come again and again

To my parrot, my goat and my rooster