Coxcomb

Today's "coxcomb" ... "A conceited, foolish dandy; pretentious fop." (Dictionary.com)

Chicken
He came in with his big tall hat,
He said, "What do you all think of that?"
We said, "We're sure that we don't know."
(We were wishing he'd just go!)

He thought he was funny, he thought he was cool,
We thought that he had absolutely no rules,
He believed everything that he said,
We thought he'd just gone soft in the head.

So we put up with his nonsense all year long,
And listened to him sing the same old song,
Then one day that old coxcomb left in a huff,
Which was just fine with us, 'cause we'd had enough.

Anne Selleck
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