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Music/lyrics--Johnny Lange
Hy Heath
Fred Glickman, 1949
tabulated by ,

 6    7       6      7    
Mule train.  Mule train.  

-6-6-6    6  6   -6-6  6    -6   6
clippity-clopping over hill and plain.

  4    4   4    4   5 5   4   
Seems as how they never stop, 

 5 5 5     4    5 5 5    4
clippity-clop, clippity-clop

 5 5 5    4 4 4   5 5 5    
Clippity clippity clippity 

  4 4 4  -6 -6 -6    6 5  -4 5 4
clippity clippity clopping along.

  4     4  -5  -5  -5   -5-6-6 
There's a plug of chaw tobakky 

-6 -6   6  6   6 -6 5 4
for a rancher in Corona,

4 -5 -5  -5 -5  -6 -6 -6   6   6 6-6 5 4
A g'itar for a cowboy way out in Arizona,

4  -5   -5 -5-5-6 -6  -6 6 6   6 -654
A dress of calico for a pretty Navaho.

5  -5  6    7    5   5  4
Get along, mule, get along.

 6     7       6     7    
Mule train.  Mule train.

 -6-6-6     6  6     -6 -6     6 -6     6
clippity-cloppping 'long the mountain chain.

  4     4     4 4    5     5   4  
Soon they're gonna reach the top,

   5 5 5   4     5 5 5    4
clippity clop, clippity-clop.....

etc.

There's some cotton thread and needles 
for some folks way out yonder.
Thate's a shovel for a miner 
who left his home to wander.
Some rheumatism pills for the settlers in the hills.
Get along mule, get along.

Mule train, etc.

There's a letter full o sadness 
and it's black around the border.
A pair of boots for someone 
who had them made to order.
There's a Bible in the pack
for a Reverene Mr. Black.
Get along, mule, get along.

Mule train, etc..

(This was a huge hit for Frankie Laine in 1949. It was the first 45 rpm record I ever bought!)


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