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

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