Mule Train
-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"
-MCA Records MSD2-35180/GMD 80041
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1949
-competing versions charted by Bing Crosby (#4), Tennessee Ernie Ford (#9),
-Vaughn Monroe (#10), and Gordon MacRae (#14)
-sung by Vaughn Monroe in the movie "Singing Guns" and by Gene Autry in "Mule Train"
-nominated for an Academy Award
-Words and Music by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Fred Glickman
(Hyah, hyah) <sound of whip cracking twice>
Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah) <sound of whip cracking twice>
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' over hill and plain
Seems as how they never stop, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along
There's a plug o'chaw tobacky for a rancher in Corona
A ghee-tar for a cowboy 'way out in Arizona
A dress of calico for a pretty Navajo
Get along, mule! <crack>, get along
Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah) <sound of whip cracking twice>
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' o'er the mountain chain
Soon they're gonna reach the top, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along
There's some cotton thread and needles for the folks in way-out-yonder
A shovel for a miner who left his home to wander
Some rheumatism pills for the settlers in the hills
Get along, mule!! <crack>, get along
<sound of whip cracking twice>
Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah) <sound of whip cracking twice>
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' through the wind and rain
They'll keep goin' till they drop, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along
There's a letter full of sadness trimmed with black around the border
A pair of boots for someone who had them made to order
A bible in the pack for the Reverend Mr. Black
Get along, mule! <crack>, get along
Get along, mule, get along!! (mule train)
<sound of whip cracking twice> (Hyah, hyah)
<sound of whip cracking twice> (Hyah, hyah)
FADE
Transcribed by Robin Hood
These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.
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