Old Mule by Smith (Spoken)
Old mule, the son of a donkey And I'm in the of God Yet, here we work, together and tillin' the sod I wonder if you for me Or I work for you, old At times I think a partnership Between a and a doggone fool.
When plowin', we go the distance But I harder than you You skim the ground on good legs And I along on two So, mule, mathematically four legs 'gainst my two I do twice the per leg I do as much as you.
Now soon we'll be makin' the corn That crop'll be split ways A for you, a third for me And a third for the pay You take third and eat it gettin the best! And How! I my third amongst the wife and eight kids The banker, six and a cow.
And here mule, I might mention You plow the ground I the corn and husk it While hee-hawin' around All Fall and of the Winter Old mule, you know true
I break my with a cotton sack to pay off the mortgage on you.
The time I'm your better Is election comes A man can vote and a mule But don't worry you none you're a wise old donkey You know to worry about You knew politics wouldn't you none And I'm just it out.
So, mule, speaking you change places with me Would you take up all my And contented be Would you places, I'm askin' 'Course, you we couldn't But you, if you could, now tell the truth You're right, you wouldn't.