Norm Cohen puts Daniel's song, "Can't Put the Bridle on That Mule This Morning," as structurally kin to "How Many Biscuits Can You Eat.."
However, it is reminiscent of "Mule-Song" in H. W. Odum, Folk-Song and Folk-Poetry ..., JAFL vol. 24, no. 93, 1911, p. 10, which I believe was posted in thread 5793: Mule Song
1st and 3rd verses:

I went up Zion Hill this mornin' on a wagon,
I went on a wagon up Zion's Hill this mornin',
The durn ole mule stop right still this mornin', this mornin', so soon.

Yes, I hollow at the mule, an' the mule would not gee, this mornin',
Yes, I hollow at the mule and the mule would not gee,
An' I hit him across the head with the single-tree, so soon.

Norm Cohen, JAFL vol. 99, no. 392, 1896, pp. 241-247; "Blues, Pre-Blues, and Gospel Reissues."
The article discusses Paul Oliver's "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records," and the two volumes of recordings that complement the book.