Mentioned by Arkie earlier:


GEORGIA MULES AND COUNTRY BOYS
As sung by The Osborne Brothers on "From Rocky Top to Muddy Bottom: The Songs of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant," "The Essential Bluegrass Collection," and "The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands."

Georgia mules and country boys are fadin' fast away.

1. I know the world goes on; we can't keep livin' in the past.
Still there's a thing or two I sure do wish could last.
I've got a crazy case of blue nostalgia,
Remembering mules and corn fields out o' my past.

CHORUS: Well, you don't see many mules these days; you don't see many mules,
And you don't see many old boys balin' hay.
I ain't knockin' progress, but it hurts me some to say
That Georgia mules and country boys are fadin' fast away.

2. I see lots of kids these days in jeans of faded blue.
They never saw a mule, but they're nostalgic too.
They're tryin' hard to capture what is missing,
Although they know deep down those days are through. CHORUS

3. How many girls do you know now that ever milked a cow?
How many boys that ever walked behind a plow?
And who have you seen lately churnin' butter?
Who do you even know that might know how? CHORUS


[Also recorded by Dave Nichols on "Looking Back" and Georgia Class on "Lure Records: Getting Out of Hand."]