Mule train    (Listen to sample)

 

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1. Mule train!! Hyah, (crack) get along there ! (crack)

 

    Clippety cloppin' over hill and plain,

    seems as how they never stop, clippety clop, clippety clop,

    clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along.

 

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    There's a plug o'chaw tobacky for a rancher in Corona,

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    a ghee-tar for a cowboy 'way out in Arizona,

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    a dress of calico for a pretty Navajo.

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    Get along, mule! (crack), get along, hyah! (crack)

 

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2. Mule train!! Hyah, (crack) get along there ! (crack)

 

    Clippety cloppin' through the wind and rain,

    it seems as how they'll never drop, clippety clop, clippety clop

    clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along.

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  There's some cotton thread and needles for the folks away-out-yonder,

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    a shovel for a miner who left his home to wander,

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    some rheumatism pills for the settlers in the hills,

                                                     

    Get along, mule! (crack), hyah, get along now! (crack)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Mule train!! Hyah, (crack) get along there ! (crack)

 

    Clippety cloppin' along the mountain chain,

    soon they're gonna reach the top, clippety clop, clippety clop,

    clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along.

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    There's a letter full of sadness and it's black around the border,

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    a pair of boots for someone who had them made to order,

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    a Bible in the pack for the Reverend Mr. Black

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    Get along, mule! (crack), get along now! (crack)

 

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    Get along, mule! (crack), get along! (crack)

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    Get along, get along, get along, get along! Get along!

 

(capo 3rd)           

 

    (Frankie Laine)