My Sweetheart's a Mule in the Mines

DESCRIPTION: "My sweetheart's a mule in the mines, I drive her without any lines, On the (bumpers/dasher) I sit and tobacco I spit All over my sweetheart's behind."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927
KEYWORDS: animal mining work humorous
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (7 citations):
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 122-123, "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines" (1 short text plus a "bowdlerized version," 1 tune)
Byington/Goldstein-TwoPennyBallads, pp. 1, 8-11, "(My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines)" (1 text and various fragments, 1 tune)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 65, "My Sweetheart's a Mule" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-TreasuryOfAmericanFolklore, pp. 864-865, "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines" (1 text, 1 tune)
Arnett-IHearAmericaSinging, p. 127, "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 27, "My Sweetheart's The Mule In The Mines" (1 text)
DT, MYSWEETM*
Roud #4756
RECORDINGS:
Pete Seeger, "My Sweetheart in the Mines" (on PeteSeeger07, PeteSeeger07b)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon" (tune)
NOTES [38 words]: In a mudcat.org thread on this song, someone (I believe Jonathan Lighter) reports that "The text of the song (and possibly the melody) was inspired by the 1892 hit, "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon," by James Thornton." - RBW
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