THE MULE-SKINNERS
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He got the prettiest dancing girls that ever could be found, —
Them girls’ feet was like rubber balls, they never stayed on the ground.
Them girls’ feet was like rubber balls, they never stayed on the ground.
And then thar came Billy the Kid, he envied Hodsie’s wealth;
He told old Hods to leave the town, ’t would be better for his health;
Old Hodsie took the hint and got, but he carried all his wealth.
He told old Hods to leave the town, ’t would be better for his health;
Old Hodsie took the hint and got, but he carried all his wealth.
And he went back to Noo York State with lots of dinero
And now they say he’s senator, but of that I shore don’t know.
And now they say he’s senator, but of that I shore don’t know.
THE MULE-SKINNERS
Got this song from John Caldwell, at Lake Valley, New Mexico. He was bronco-buster for S.L.C. outfit.
In readin’ the story of early days, it’s a cause of much personal pain
At the way the author-men leave out us in charge of the wagon train;
Granted the rest of ’em worked and fit in the best way that they could do —
If it was n’t for us that skinned the mules, how would the bunch have come through?
At the way the author-men leave out us in charge of the wagon train;
Granted the rest of ’em worked and fit in the best way that they could do —
If it was n’t for us that skinned the mules, how would the bunch have come through?
We have frosted ourselves on the prairie sweeps a-bringin’ the Sioux to book,
And the sojer men never had no kick that the front rank had been forsook;
And the sojer men never had no kick that the front rank had been forsook;
