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Thread #34343   Message #462565
Posted By: Joe Offer
15-May-01 - 03:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Grey Mule (from Pete Seeger)
Subject: ADD: Old Grey Mule ^^
Well, hello, Marc - sorry I haven't been able to sing with you lately. I fell in love with a woman who has Wednesdays off.
The song is a version of "Whoa Mule" - you can find out about that song in this thread (click).
Hope to see you soon, Marc.
-Joe Offer-
OLD GREY MULE

My uncle had a old grey mule,
His name was Simon Slick,
About anything you ever did see
Was how that mule could kick.

Refrain: Whoa! Mule, whoa!
Whoa that mule I say,
Keep your seat, Miss Liza
Ain't got long to stay.

I went to feed that mule one day,
He met me with a smile,
He backed one ear, winked one eye
And kicked me half a mile.

Now this mule was a big one,
He weighed ten thousand pounds,
Every tooth he had in his head,
Was eighteen inches round.

I took him to the blacksmith shop
To get his mouth made small,
He opened his mouth, took a yawn
Swallowed blacksmith shop and all.

from Pete Seeger's CD, Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes

See "Whoa Mule"

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