Jimmie Rodgers "Mule Skinner Blues" (1930)

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"Mule Skinner Blues" (a.k.a. "Blue Yodel #8", "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues") is a classic country song written by Jimmie Rodgers. The song was first recorded by Rodgers in 1930 and has been recorded by many artists since then, acquiring the de facto title "Mule Skinner Blues" after Rodgers named it "Blue Yodel #8" (one of his Blue Yodels).

Good morning captain
Good morning shine
Do you need another muleskinner
Out on your new mud line

Yodel

I like to work
I'm rolling all the time
I can pop my initials
On a mule's behind

Yodel

Hey little water boy
Bring that water round
If you don't like your job
Set that water bucket down

Yodel

Workin' on the good road
Dollar and a half a day
My good girl's waiting on a Saturday night
Just to draw my pay

Guitar

I'm going to town, honey
What you want me to bring you back?
Bring a pint of booze
And a John B Stetson hat

Yodel

I smell your bread a-burning
Turn your damper down
If you ain't got a damper, good gal
Turn your bread around

Yodel