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THE SLEIGH BELLS (WHOA MULE) Sung by: W.P. Detherow Recorded in Batesville, AR, 6/25/52 Click here to listen to the original recording Oh, hear them sleighbells ringing; The snow am falling fast. I've got this mule in harness; I've got him hitched at last. Miss Liza, get your bonnet; Come sit down on this seat. Grab the board you're sitting on, And cover up them feet. Chorus: Whoa there, mule; Whoa there, I say. Keep your seat, Miss Liza Jane, Hold on to that sleigh. Whoa there, I tell you! Whoa there, I say. Keep your seat, Miss Liza Jane, Please let loose of me. I see as how we're flying; We ain't got half a load. Just see a mule that's roomy-- Just give him all the road. Miss Liza, quit your squalling, And listen to what I say; You better help me hold this mule, Or else he could get away. (Chorus) See us, how we're sifting; Look out and see us sail. Just watch his ears a-flopping, See him switch his tail. We're going down to parson's now. Miss Liza, you keep cool. Ain't got time to kiss you now; I'm busy with this mule. (Chorus) (Mr. Detherow: "I learned this song sixty-five years ago out at what's called the skillet country of Independence County. There's a fellow by the name of Jim Kaisner, big three-hundred-pound man that sung that and picked the guitar with it.") |
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