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I'M THE MAN THAT RODE THE MULE AROUND THE WORLD
As recorded by "Stringbean" (David Akeman)

I was born 'bout four thousand years ago.
[How] I live in this world I do not know.
I saw Peter, Paul and Moses playin' ring-around-the-roses.
I can whup the guy who says it isn't so.

I'm the man who rode the mule around the world.
I'm the man who rode the mule around the world.
I saw Adam and Eve when they dressed theirselves in leaves.
I can whup the guy who says it isn't so.

I was there when the garden was a store.
I saw Adam and Eve driven from the door.
[While] the apples they were eatin', from the bushes I was peepin'.
I can prove that I's the guy who eat the core.

I'm the man who rode the mule around the world.
I'm the man who rode the mule around the world.
I saw Adam and Eve when they dressed theirselves in leaves.
I can whup the guy who says it isn't so.

I taught Moses how to say his A-B-C.
I was there when ol' Noah built his ark.
And I walked in when it started turnin' dark.
I's the guy that helped old Noah close the door.

I'm the man who rode the mule around the world.
I'm the man who rode the mule around the world.
I saw Peter, Paul and Moses playin' ring-around-the-roses.
I can whup the guy who says it isn't so.