| Mule train, yeah, yeah.
|
| Mule train: clippetty-clopping over hill and plain.
|
| Seems as how they’ll never stop.
|
| Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty,
|
| clippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.
|
| There’s a plug of chaw tobaccy for a rancher in Corolla;
|
| A guitar for a cowboy way out in Arizona;
|
| A dress of callico for a pretty Navajo.
|
| Get along mule, get along.
|
| Mule train, yeah, yeah.
|
| Mule train: clippetty-clopping along the mountain chain.
|
| Seems as though they’re gonna recah the top.
|
| Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty, c lippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.
|
| There’s some cotton thread and needle for the folks away out yonder.
|
| A shovel for a miner who left his home to wander.
|
| Some rheumatism pills for the settlers in the hills.
|
| Get along mule, get along.
|
| Mule train, yeah, yeah.
|
| Mule train: clippetty-clopping through the wind and rain.
|
| They’ll keep going till they drop.
|
| Clippetty-clop, clippetty-clop, clippetty, clippetty,
|
| clippetty, clippetty, clippetty-clopping along.
|
| There’s a letter full of sadness and it’s black around the border.
|
| A pair of boots for someone who had them made to order.
|
| A Bible in the pack for the Reverend Mr Black.
|
| Get along mule, get along.
|
| Get along mule, get along. |
| (Mule train.)
|
| Get along, get along. |