Old Mule by Arthur (Spoken)
Old mule, the son of a donkey And I'm in the of God Yet, we work, hitched together and tillin' the sod I if you work for me Or I for you, old mule At times I think a partnership Between a and a doggone fool.
When plowin', we go the distance But I work harder you You skim the ground on good legs And I along on two So, mule, mathematically four legs 'gainst my two I do the work per leg I do as much as you.
Now soon we'll be makin' the crop That be split three ways A third for you, a for me And a for the landlords' pay You take third and eat it You're the best! And How! I split my third amongst the wife and kids The banker, six and a cow.
And right here mule, I might You only plow the I shock the corn and it you're hee-hawin' around All and part of the Winter Old mule, you know it's
I break my back a cotton sack to pay off the mortgage on you.
The only time I'm your Is election comes A man can vote and a cannot But that don't you none Because you're a old donkey You know what to worry You knew politics wouldn't help you And I'm just it out.
So, mule, confidentially you change places with me Would you up all my worries And still be Would you swap places, I'm 'Course, you we couldn't But would you, if you could, now tell the doggone right, you wouldn't.