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
  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 waterboy
  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 greasy spoon caf?
  Hey that lovely joint
  Just to let a no good man
  Call every cent of my pay
  Hey hey and I'm sick of it
  And wanna 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