Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) lyrics

Good mornin' Captain good mornin' Shine
Do you need another mule skinner
Out on your new mud line?

Yo-del lay-ee-ee, yo-del lay-ee-ee-ee

I like to work i'm rolling all the time
I can carve my initials on a mule's behind

Yo-del lay-ee-ee, yo-del lay-ee-ee
Yo lay-ee, yo lay-ee, yo-del lay-ee

Hey, little water boy bring that water round
If you don't like your job
Set that water bucket down

Yo-del lay-ee oo dee-ee-ee
Yo dee yo-del lay-ee oo-del-ee-ee
Yo-del lay-ee-ee, yo lay-ee-ee
Dee yo-del lay-ee-ee oo-ee-ee

Workin' on the good roads
Dollar and half a day
My good gal's waiting on Saturday night
Just to draw my pay

I'm going to town, honey
What you want me to bring you back?
Bring a pint of booze
And a John B stetson hat
Bring it comin' honey

Dee yo-del lay-ee-ee-ee
Dee yo-del-ee oh-del-ee yo-del-ee-ee
Dee yo-del lay-ee-ee, dee yo lay-ee-ee
Yo lay-ee-ee lay-ee

I smell your bread a burnin'
Turn your damper down
If you ain't got a damper
Good gal, turn your bread around

Dee yo-del lay-ee, dee yo-del lay-ee
Dee yo-del lay-ee-ee lay-ee