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Mule Skinner Blues Lyrics — Dolly Parton | Dork

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Dolly Parton
Mule Skinner Blues Lyrics

Lyrics

Mule Skinner Blues

From The Best of Dolly Parton1970

Written by Jimmie Rodgers, Vaughn Horton

Produced by Bob Ferguson

Lyrics

Mule Skinner Blues

Well good morning Captain Good morning to you Sir Hey hey yeah Do you need another mule skinner Down on your new mud run Hey hey yeah Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Well I'm a lady mule skinner From down old Tennessee way Hey hey I come from Tennessee I can make any mule listen Or I won't accept your pay Hey hey I won't take your pay Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Well hey hey little waterboy Won't you bring your water 'round Hey hey If you don't like your job Well you can throw your bucket down Throw it down boy, throw it down Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Well I've been working down in Georgia At a greasy spoon café Hey that lovely joint Just to let a no good man Call every cent of my pay Hey hey and I'm sick of it And wanna be a mule skinner Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Mule skinner blues

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About this track

"Mule Skinner Blues" is a song by Dolly Parton from the album The Best of Dolly Parton, released in 1970. The song was written by Jimmie Rodgers, Vaughn Horton. It was produced by Bob Ferguson.

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Bob Ferguson— 128 credits as songwriter & producer →
Jimmie Rodgers— 7 credits as songwriter →
Vaughn Horton— 2 credits as songwriter →

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