text: Molly bDamn smote Jimmy the Harp
  With a horrid little pistol and a lariat
  Shes goin to the bottom
  And shes goin down the drain
  Said she wasnt big enough to carry it
  She got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  She got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Choppity-chop goes the axe in the woods
  You gotta meet me by the fall down tree
  Shovel of dirt upon a coffee lid
  And I know theyll come lookin for me boys
  And I know theyll come a-lookin for me
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Big Jack Earle was 81
  He stood in the road and he cried
  He couldnt make her love him
  And couldnt make her stay
  But tell the good Lord that he tried
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
  On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
  Beulah fired on Beatty for a lemonade
  I was stirring my brandy with a nail, boys
  Stirring my brandy with a nail
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Well the rampaging sons of the widow James
  Jack the Cutter and the pock-marked kid
  Had to stand naked at the bottom of the cross
  And tell the good Lord what they did
  Tell the good Lord what they did
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Punctuated birds on the power line
  In a Studebaker with Birdie Joe Hoaks
  Im diggin all the way to China with a silver spoon
  While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys
  The hangman fumbles with the noose
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Pin your ear to the wisdom post
  Pin your eye to the line
  Never let the weeds get higher than the garden
  Always keep a sapphire in your mind
  Always keep a diamond in your mind
  You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow
  Got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow