Mule Train

Monroe Vaughn

Mule Train 

 -Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits" 
 -MCA Records MSD2-35180/GMD 80041 
 -peak Billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1949 
 -competing versions charted by Bing Crosby (#4), Tennessee Ernie Ford (#9), 
 -Vaughn Monroe (#10), and Gordon MacRae (#14) 
 -sung by Vaughn Monroe in the movie "Singing Guns" and by Gene Autry in "Mule Train" 
 -nominated for an Academy Award 
 -Words and Music by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Fred Glickman 


 (Hyah, hyah) Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah) Mule train!! 
 Clippety cloppin' over hill and plain 
 Seems as how they never stop, clippety clop, clippety clop 
 Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along 

 There's a plug o'chaw tobacky for a rancher in Corona 
 A ghee-tar for a cowboy 'way out in Arizona 
 A dress of calico for a pretty Navajo 
 Get along, mule! , get along 

 Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah) Mule train!! 
 Clippety cloppin' o'er the mountain chain 
 Soon they're gonna reach the top, clippety clop, clippety clop 
 Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along 

 There's some cotton thread and needles for the folks in way-out-yonder 
 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!! (Hyah, hyah) Mule train!! 
 Clippety cloppin' through the wind and rain 
 They'll keep goin' till they drop, clippety clop, clippety clop 
 Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along 

 There's a letter full of sadness trimmed with black around the border 
 A pair of boots for someone who had them made to order 
 A bible in the pack for the Reverend Mr. Black 
 Get along, mule! , get along 

 Get along, mule, get along!! (mule train) 

  (Hyah, hyah) 
  (Hyah, hyah) 

 FADE 


 Transcribed by Robin Hood 

 These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above 
 and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet 
 music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets