Saddle Champ

You slackjaws had better skedaddle
This crack shot rides tall in the saddle
A tomboy in chaps
She dominates saps
Her backside John Wayne wants to paddle.



Pistol-packin' Ella Raines and John Wayne co-star in Tall in the Saddle (1944).

All is For Nautical

With a sidearm, Duke's bidding was done
Many died, Ringo Kid always won
But when under the water
Wayne would blunder at slaughter
When not fried, giant squid are no fun.

John Wayne wrestles with a giant squid in Reap the Wild Wind (Cecil B. DeMille; 1942). Wayne played the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach (John Ford; 1939), the film which lifted the actor out of B westerns.

Wayne Dwops

Wayne's billing when acting was starry
If villains attacked they were sorry
But his fans were all tested

And his manhood molested,

When he thrillingly hacked calamari.



Wake of the Red Witch (Edward Ludwig; 1948) was the second time that John Wayne battled a giant squid on film. This was the mechanical squid that was stolen and used in Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster. David Cairns dropped in the title.