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Metchosin Lyr Req: Mule Skinner Blues (30) Lyr Add: MULE SKINNER BLUES (from Roy Acuff) 09 Feb 00


Acuff's version:

MULE SKINNER BLUES (BLUE YODEL #8)
(Words by Rodgers)

Good mornin' captain
Good mornin' shine
Do you need any skinners
Down on that new mud line?
Chorus:
Yodel lay he hoo
Hee hee hoo

Workin' on the railroad
Dollar and a dime a day,
My little girls in town each Saturday night
To draw my little pay.
Chorus:
Goin' downtown, honey
What you want me to bring you back?
A walkin' cane,
A brand-new Stetson hat.
Chorus:
Oh, little water boy
Bring that water 'round,
If you don't like your job
You can throw your bucket down.
Chorus:
I like to work
I'm rollin' all the time
I can pop my 'nitials on a mule
Most any old time
Chorus:

another version I have has the lines

I smell your bread a burnin
Turn your damper down
If you don't have a damper
Good gal, turn your bread around.


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