Additional to ~msato's lyrics

You see that mule a-coming,
He's got about a half a load,
When you see a roomy mule,
Better give him all the road.

Lead in spoken - "Folks, this is the King Family playing 'The Kicking Mule' with a tenor banjo lead."

"The Kicking Mule" was recorded by Charles Todd and Robert Sonkin from the singing of Henry King and family at Visalia, California, 1941. Library of Congress record LP20.

Emrich, Duncan American Folk Poetry - An Anthology, Little Brown and Company, 1974, "Banjo and Fiddle Pieces," pp 66-68.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle