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Old mule, you're the son of a donkey
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And I'm in the image of God
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Yet, here we work, hitched together
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Toilin' and tillin' the sod
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I wonder if you work for me
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Or I work for you, old mule
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At times I think it's a partnership
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Between a mule and a doggone fool.
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When plowin', we go the same distance
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But I work harder than you
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You skim the ground on four good legs
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And I hobble along on two
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So, mule, mathematically speakin'
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You're four legs 'gainst my two
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I do twice the work per leg
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I do twice as much as you.
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Now soon we'll be makin' the corn crop
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That crop'll be split three ways
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A third for you, a third for me
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And a third for the landlords' pay
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You take your third and eat it
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You're gettin' the best! And How!
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I split my third amongst the wife and eight kids
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The banker, six hens and a cow.
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And right here mule, I might mention
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You only plow the ground
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I shock the corn and husk it
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While you're hee-hawin' around
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All Fall and part of the Winter
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Old mule, you know it's true
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I break my back with a cotton sack
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Tryin' to pay off the mortgage on you.
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The only time I'm your better
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Is when election comes
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A man can vote and a mule cannot
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But that don't worry you none
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Because you're a wise old donkey
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You know what to worry about
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You knew politics wouldn't help you none
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And I'm just findin' it out.
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So, mule, confidentially speaking
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Would you change places with me
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Would you take up all my worries
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And still contented be
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Would you swap places, I'm askin'
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'Course, you know we couldn't
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But would you, if you could, now tell the truth
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You're doggone right, you wouldn't.
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