Thompson's Old Grey Mule was written about an old junk dealer by the name of Randy Thompson in Lewiston Idaho in 1901 and was on an old Edison record. I can't find the artist name right now but when I do I will post it. In the chorus it refers to Lissa Jane and a Lissa Jane was a raised foot rest on the front end of the Carts, Hacks, Sleighs, Wagons, Shays and Buckboards the mode of transportation in that era. In the winter time we used to heat rocks in the wood heaters, wrap them in a towel and place them under the Lissa Jane to keep our feet warm

Thompson had an old grey mule
He drove him around in a cart
he loved that mule that mule loved him
With all his mulees heart
Chorus
Whoa dem muley whoa,whoa
Whoa dem mule I say
Keep both feet on the Lissa Jane
And hold fast to the shay
Chorus
Thompson knows when the rooster crows
That the dawn was a going to break
He'd hold that mule by the leg of a stool
And comb him down with a rake
Chorus
Thompson had an old grey mule
His ears were four feet long
It took the teamsters forty days
To get the harness on
Chorus
Thompson's mule could lick a ton of brick
And both his hind feet were loose
He let them fly at Big Lipped Jack
And cooked his royal goose
Chorus
One day while roving in the street
He found an old hoop skirt
He went to work at once and made a meal
Of old rusty nails and dirt
Chorus
That night he took an awful colic
That settled in his feet
And before the dawn that mule was gone to
To walk the golden street
Chorus