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Colum Sands
	Year:	2007
	Album:	LIVE IN CONCERT
	Song:	The mule song
Words Trad. Additional Words Packie Manus Byrne Music Colum Sands, Elm Grove Music Colum Sands: Vocals, guitar
Oh my name is Jack the Carter and I work around the town I have a strong and sturdy mule to pull my cart around But speaking from experience a tale I'll tell to you Never stand behind a mule for it's a dangerous thing to do For on mules you'll find two feet behind and two you'll before You stand behind before you find what the feet behind be for If you're behind the feet behind you'll find what they be for So stand before the feet behind and behind the feet before Now a mule it is an animal of very low degree It doesn't have a single branch upon its family tree It's clever and it's stubborn and that is all because Its mother was a donkey and its father was a horse One day in Newry market I was loading up some hay When a policeman said hey! Move your cart, your ass is in the way! The mule stretched out its nimble leg and kicked him on the bum And he landed in the gutter on his way to kingdom come. And to conclude and finish now my song comes to an end In spite of many tragedies that mule is still my friend But I must admit that o'er the years he's kicked me once or twice So I'll finish as I started with a piece of sound advice,.