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Buckin' Mule

by The Dillards

on The Skillet-Lickers Vol. 6 (1934) (2000), Live!!! Almost!!! (1964)

Traditional

Grandma had a muley cow
Muley when she's born
It took a jaybird forty years
To fly from horn to horn

Whoa mule whoa
Whoa mule I say
Ain't got time to kiss you now
The mule has run away

Grandma had a yellow hen
Yellw as gold
Sat her on three buzzard eggs
She hatched out one old crow

Whoa mule whoa
Whoa mule I say
Ain't got time to kiss you now
The mule has run away

Keep your seat Miss Liza
Just you stay cool
I ain't got time to kiss you now
I'm foolin' with this mule

Whoa mule whoa
Whoa mule I say
Ain't got time to kiss you now
The mule has run away

I'll never marry an old maid
I'll tell you the reasons why
Her lips are all tobacco juice
And her chin ain't never dry

Whoa mule whoa
Whoa mule I say
Ain't got time to kiss you now
The mule has run away