I can't speak to that particular set of lyrics or the tune you know, but the words could be sung to "Boomer Johnson" as sung by Margaret MacArthur. This tells the tale of a man who was gettting tired of doing the hard work cowboy type so he became a cook with more enthusiasm than ability, who kept forcing his food on others at the point of a gun until someone a bit meaner and faster cooled his ardour, along with the rest of his body.

Boomer Johnson is in the folk database, along with the tune that Margaret uses, if you search under that name.

Dave