Annotation:Johnson's Old Grey Mule

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 JOHNSON'S OLD GREY MULE. Old-Time, Song Tune. USA, north Georgia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A comic song by Thomas Westendorf, written in 1884. The lyric (from the Georgia Yellow Hammers) begins: Johnson had an old grey mule, His name was Simon Slick; He’d roll his eyes and switch his tail, Mmh, how that mule would kick. Well rode him down to the foot of the hill, He hooked him to his cart; He loved that mule and that mule loved him, With all his muley heart.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Kuntz (Ragged But Right), 1987; pp. 223-224.  Recorded sources: Starday SLP 235, Curly Fox (1963). Rounder 1032, Georgian Yellow Hammers - "The Moonshine Hollow Band" (1979. Orig. rec. 1927). Victor 20550 (78 RPM), Georgia Yellow Hammers (1927).

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