Spoken: (Earl Shirkey) Say Roy, what happened to that mule Charlie Poole rode around the world? (Roy Harvey) ���Aw I think he���s dead, I think he died way down in Virginia somewhere.��� (Earl Shirkey) What���s wrong with him? (Roy Harvey) ���I guess he gotta hold of Sim���s home brew.��� (Earl Shirkey) Go ahead and tell me about it. (Roy Harvey) ���All right��� 
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Thompson had an old grey mule, And he led him around in the cart.
 He loved that mule, and the mule loved him With all that mulie���s heart. When the rooster crowed though Thompson knowed that day was gwine to break He rubbed that mule with the leg of a stool and scratched him down with a rake. 
And that mule said: Yodelay-de-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-da-le-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-lay-de, Yodelay-ee. 
That mule could kick like a ton of brick When both his hind legs were loose. He threw them back at Big-lipped Jack And he cooked his royal goose. *Old Jack thought that he had been caught, in an awful big cyclone. You better bet that he���d wished he���s let that old gray mule alone. 
And that mule said: Yodelay-de-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-da-le-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-lay-de, Yodelay-ee. 
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They feed that mule on old boot legs, And chunks of yellow clay. Some shavings and some wooden pegs That was his oats and hay, That mule would chaw with his iron jaw, on a pair of old socks He���d wink one eye like he had some pie, with his mouth chuck full of rocks. 
And that mule said: Yodelay-de-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-da-le-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-lay-de, Yodelay-ee. 
One day while traveling through the field, He found an old hoop skirt. He thought at once he���d make a meal, Of-a some old wire, rust and dirt. That night he took an awful cramp, that settled down in his feet
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Before the dawn that mule had gone, to walk on the golden street.
And that mule said: Yodelay-de-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-da-le-de, I-lee-oh-lay-de-lay-de, Yodelay-ee. 
(spoken by Roy Harvey: Some Mule, (Earl Shirkey) Sure) 
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