Kickin’ Mule
Key of G
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As I went down to the huckleberry picnic Dinner all over the ground Skeppers in the meat was nine foot deep And the green flies walking all around
Verse
The biscuits in the oven was a-baking Beefsteak frying in the pan Pretty gal sitting in the parlour Lord God A’mighty what a hand I stand
Chorus
Whoa there mule I tell you Miss Liza you keep cool I ain’t got time to kiss you now I’m busy with this mule
Verse
My uncle had an old mule His name was Simon Slick Love anything I ever did see But how that mule could kick
Verse
Went to feed that mule one morning And he met me at the door with a smile He backed one ear and he winked one eye And he kicked me half a mile