Being that this weekend is the weekend of the big chili shindig with Gary P. Nunn and the assorted revelry out in Terlingua, its only fitting that I re-post Bones Hooks classic chili prayer. Bones was an old black cowboy, range cook, and civic leader who lived in Amarillo. He was revered by all who knew him, so much so that there is now a park in Amarillo that is named after him. Here is the prayer. WARNING! It is not politically correct by todays standards! Lord God, you know us old cowhands is forgitful. Sometimes I can’t even recollect what happened yestiddy. We is forgitful. We jes know daylight and dark, summer, fall, winter, and spring. But I sure hope we don’t never forgit to thank you before we is about to eat a mess of good chili. We don’t know why you have been so dogone good to us. The heathen Chinee don’t have no chili, ever. The Frenchmens is left out. The Rooshians don’t know no more about chili than a hog does about a side saddle. Even the Meskins don’t get a good whiff of it unless they stay around here. Chili eaters is some of your chosen people. We don’t know why you so doggone good to us. But, Lord God, don’t ever think we ain’t grateful for this here chili we’s about to eat. Amen.” For more about Bones Hooks, read this article: amarillo/stories/051900/his_hooks.html
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:30:01 +0000
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