Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)

Good mornin' Captain good mornin' to you shine
Do you need a new mule skinner down on your new mud line
Hey hey hey gonna do a little bit of the mule skinner blues

Well I'm goin' to town honey what do you want me to bring you back
Bring me a pint of cold hard booze yeah and a John B Stetson hat how’s that
Hey hey hey gonna do a little bit of the mule skinner blues
Yeah stand back here I come ha ha

Well I smell your bread a burnin' woman go and turn your damper down turn it down
Well if you ain't got no damper woman you better turn your bread around it's gettin' brown
Hey hey hey gonna do a little bit of the mule skinner blues

Well alright here come Chet Atkins jump on it son

Yeah yeah oh hey now little water boy get your butt up offa the ground
Pick up that bucket of water son bring that bucket around
Lord if you don't like your job then lay that bucket down on the ground
Hey hey hey gonna do a little bit of the mule skinner blues
Yeah take it home children mule skinner mule skinner blues
Mule skinner mule skinner blues