On Mules We Find Two Legs Behind

DESCRIPTION: "On mules we find two legs behind And two we find before, We stand behind before we find What the two behind be for." Or listeners may be warned to "beware the two behind"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: animal warning campsong
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 126, 166, "Mules" (1 short text on p. 126, with notes elsewhere)
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 202, "The Mule" (1 text, tune referenced)
Harbin-Parodology, #23, p. 13, "Mules" (1 text, tune referenced)
DT, MULEBEHD
Roud #15362
NOTES [36 words]: Although field collections of this are few, my father knew this, to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne," which is also the tune cited by the Pankakes and by Harbin. I believe my father learned it in college in Michigan. - RBW
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