ON THE TRAIL OF NEGRO FOLK-SONGS

A Collection Of Negro Traditional & Folk Songs with Sheet Music Lyrics & Commentaries - online book

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	WHOA, MULE!
	Whoa, mule, whoa, mule, whoa, mule, I tell you, Whoa, mule, I say! Tied a slip-knot in his tail And his head slipped through the collar. Lordy, lordy, save us, Hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw! Lordy, lordy, save us! Whoa, mule, I say! Chorus Whoa, mule, I tell you, Whoa, mule, I say! Ain't got time to kiss you now, But don't you run away. What a spontaneous expression of romance and realism is found in a song sent from Mississippi by Wirt A. Williams! The "mulie" re­ferred to here is not a mule, as urban readers might ignorantly sup­pose, but an ox without horns.