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Whoa mule, whoa fool; Kicking mule; Whoa dat mule; Whoa mule, whoa fool, whoa mule, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule,

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Shackleford, Walter

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Voice Collected by Richard N. Shollmier For M. C. Parler Transcribed by Richard N. Shollmier Sung by Mr. Walter Shackelford Pine Bluff, Arkansas 23 December 1959 Reel 339, Item 3 Whoa mule, whoa fool, whoa mule, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule, Whoa mule, that old fool, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule. That old mule he bucked, That old mule he fool, That old mule jumped that fence, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule. Whoa mule, that old fool, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule, Whoa mule, whoa fool, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule. The mule bucked and the mule jumped, The mule jumped a rotten stump, Whoa mule, and a whoa mule, I couldn't get the saddle on that old mule. Whoa mule, whoa fool, Couldn't get the saddle on that old mule. Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation.
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Shollmier, Richard N.Shollmier, Richard
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1959 12 23
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Ozark Folksong Collection

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University of Arkansas

Keywords

  1. A Capella Singing
  2. African American Musicians
  3. African Americans
  4. Animals
  5. Mule

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