Conversation With A Mule

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I seen a farmer and a mule a-plowin'
 Over on the moutainside
 The farmer was a munblin' and a-grumblin'
 As he plowed them furror deep and wide.
 Well, as he went along a-plowin'
 He wasa swearin and snortin' all the way
 I overheared his conversation with his mule
 And this is what I heared him say.
 Old mule your the son of a jack-ass
 And I'm the image of God
 Said here we work hitched together
 A toilin and a-tillin' the sod.
 I wonder if you work for me
 Or I work for you old mule
 At times I think it's a partnership
 Between a mule and a doggone fool.
 When plowin' we go the same distance
 But I work harder than you.
 You skin the ground on four good legs
 I hobble along on two.
 So mule mathmatically speaking
 Your four legs against my two
 I do just twice the work for legs
 Just twice as much as you.
 Soon we'll be making the corn crop
 That's probably split three ways
 A third for you, a third for me
 And a third for the landlords pay.
 You take your third and eat it
 Your getting the best and how
 I split my third amongst eight kids
 A banker, six hens and a cow.
 Right here mule I might mention
 You only plow the ground
 I shuck the corn and husk it
 While you're hee-hawin' around.
 All fall and part of winter
 Ole mule you know that's true
 I break my back with a cotton sack
 Payin' off the mortgage on you.
 So mule confidentially speakin'
 Would you change places with me.
 Would you take up all my worries
 And still contented be?
 Would you swap places I'm asking
 Of course you know you couldn't
 Would you if you could, now tell the truth
 You're doggone right you wouldn't...

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Duration
02:23
Key
7
Tempo
140 BPM

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