Whoa Mule Whoa

DESCRIPTION: "Mister Gradlock owned a pretty mule, the prettiest mule in town." It is blind and can't stand still. The mule throws the owner's girl and spoils her frock; she hits it and it flattens her; her only words are "Whoa mule whoa."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle)
KEYWORDS: animal humorous courting clothes injury
FOUND IN: US(Ap,Ro)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #184, "Whoa Mule Whoa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, p. 143, "Whoa, Mulie, Whoa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7509
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Whoa Mule (The Kickin' Mule)" (subject: mule behavior)
File: Hubb184

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