Mule Skinner Blues:Big John Khat And
The Highland Blues Band. Live (with
permission) at Baden-Baden, Germany,
in 1961. (#5 on the charts for the
Fendermen in 1960.)
#1.
E A E
Good morning, captain,
well, good morning to you, sah-ah-ah-ah.
(sir.)
A
Do you need another mule skinner,
E
down on your new mud run?
Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..
B B7 A
hey-hey-hey-heeee-heeeeeeeeeeee..ee....he-he-he-he-he.
E
He-he-he-he-he-he, he-he-he-he-he-he.
#2.
E
Well, I'm an ol' mule skinner, (yeah, you are.)
down from ol' Kentucky w-A-A-A-y.
A
and I can make any mule listen..
E
or I won't accept your pay.
He-he, hey-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey..
B B7 A
hey-hey-hey-heeee-heeeeeeeeee..ee....he-he-he-he-he.
E
He-he-he-he-he-he, he-he-he-he-he-he.
E
Yeah!
INTERLUDE: E E7 A E B A E..E E7 A E B A E..E
#3.
E
Well, hey! (hey!) little waterboy..
Who wants that waterboy, man?
Bring the buck-buck-bucket down..
Quick, quick..ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..
A
and, if you don't like your job..
E
Then put the buck-buck-bucket down..
Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
B B7 A
Hey-hey-hey-heeee-heeeeeeeeeee..ee...he-he-he-he-he.
E
He-he-he-he-he-he, he-he-he-he-he-he..
E
Cha-cha-cha!
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.