Well good morning captain Good morning to you sir hey hey yeah Do you need another mule skinner Down on your new mud run hey hey yeah Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Well I'm a lady mule skinner From down old Tennessee way, hey, hey I come from Tennessee And I can make any mule listen Or I won't accept your pay hey hey I won't take your pay Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Well hey hey little water boy Won't you bring your water 'round hey hey If you don't like your job Well you can throw your bucket down Throw it down boy throw it down Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Well I've been working down in Georgia At a Greezy Spoon Cafe hey Been workin' in Georgia Just to let a no good man Call every cent of my pay hey hey And I'm sick of it, I want to be a mule skinner Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Yodel-a-ee-he-he He-he-he-he-he-he Mule skinner blues