Rough And Ready Man

Folks I'm looking for a worker â?¦not you

I want an extra special kind

When I get the type of man I want

I know I'm gonna have a little time

Got to be ambitious, a man that loves to work

I don't want no man that's lazy, no man that tries to shirk

I want a two-fisted, double-jointed, rough and ready man

I want a hard working, no shirking, good and steady man



Now he can be a backwards farmer or a digger in a ditch

He can even drive a garbage wagon

Honey it don't make no difference which

Long as he's a two-fisted (oh please), double-jointed, rough and ready man

I want a hard working, no shirking, good and steady man



Now I don't have to have a fat man

And neither must he be too thin

And I sure don't want no guy

Got to get all pepped up on gin

And if he doesn't like soap and water

Don't let that worry you â?¦we'll get along

But honey I want a man like Joe Louis

You knowâ?¦ a man that's big and strong

I want a two-fisted, double-jointed, rough and ready man

I want a hard working, no shirking, good and steady man



Now he can be knock-kneed, box-ankled

He can even have frog-eyes

But that won't make a bit of differenceâ?¦ if he's Okâ?¦ otherwise

I want a two-fisted, double-jointed, rough and ready man

I want a hard working, no shirking, good and steady man



When he snores I want the force to blow the bedclothes to the floor

And the breezes from his wheezes to knock the padlock off the door

When I come home some morning all dressed up like Esther's horse

I want him to grab me and tear all of my clothes,

just to let me know who's boss

I want a two-fisted, double-jointed, rough and ready man

I want a hard working, no shirking, good and steady man



I want a man who won't let his children play with neither dog nor cat

But will drag in a skunk or a lion and say

"Here, you kids, play with that"



I want a two-fisted, double-jointed, rough and ready man

Is that clear to you?

Rough and ready man