I recall the song (like the one that GUEST,mule posted 18 May 01 )

This one was on a 78 at the old homestead of my grandparents' place (along with another that I remember...Old Gray Mare, she ain't what she used to be) Wish i remembered who the singer/s was/were) they had a Victrola.


Whoa, mule, whoa. Don't you hear 'em holler?
Tie a bow-knot in his tail or he'll jump through the collar.

Why don't you take him to the track? Why don't you let him go?
Every time I turn around, it's "Whoa, there, mule, whoa."

Riding on a hump-back mule, oh mule,
Riding on a hump-back mule,
(la la la la la, la la la la la la)--forgot these lyrics...
Riding on a hump-back mule.

i can just hear the tune, but do not know how to post it.