Get Behind the Mule

John Hammond,Jr.-Get Behind the Mule
Molly be damned smote jimmy the harp
With a horrid little
pistol and a lariat
She's goin to the bottom
And she's goin down the drain
Said she wasn't big
enough to carry it
She got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
She got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
She got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
She got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Choppity chop goes
the axe in the woods
You gotta meet me
by the fall down tree
Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid
And I know they'll
come lookin for me
And I know they'll
come a-lookin for me
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
get behind the
Big jack earl was 8'1
He stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love him
Couldn't make her stay
But tell the good lord that he tried
tell the good lord that he tried
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
get behind the
Dusty trail from atchison to placerville
On the wreck of the weaverville stage
Beaula fired on beatty for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy
with a nail boys
Stirring my brandy with a nail
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
get behind the
Well the rampaging sons
of the widow james
Jack the cutter
and the pock marked kid
Had to stand naked at the bottom
Of the cross
And tell the good lord what they did
Tell the good lord what they did
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
get behind the
Punctuated birds on the power line
In a studebaker
with the birdie joe joaks
I'm diggin all the way to china
With a silver spoon
While the hangman fumbles
with the noose
The hangman fumbles with the noose
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
get behind the
Pin your ear to the wisdom post
Pin your eye to the line
Never let the weeds get higher
Than the garden
Always keep a sapphire in your mind
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
get behind the