BIG BILL BROONZY MULE RIDING BLUES

One day I was riding along on my old mule,
Minding my own business and I wasn't bothering a soul.
So I seed a raccoon and a possum.
The raccoon was up the 'simmon tree and the poor possum he was on the ground.
And I heard the possum holler up to the raccoon,
Say, "Hey, Bub, will you throw me some 'simmons down?"
And the raccoon hollered down to the possum,
Say, "Look, Bub," say, "You in the shade laying down. Now what you worried about?"

So I spurred my mule and went ridin' on down the road
Minding my own business and I wasn't bothering a soul.
So I seed a rabbit and he was in the pea vine.
So I said, "Hey, Bub, where you guine (going)?"
So he bucked his eyes and he curled his tail
And he said, "Look, Bub, I'm looking for muscadine."

So I spurred my mule and went ridin' on down the road
Minding my own business and I wasn't bothering a soul.
So I seed a little red hen and a rooster
And I heared the little red hen say to the rooster,
Say, "Look, Bub, I ain't gonna take this setting down.
Me here hatching out all white, black and brown
And you out catfishing all over town."

So I spurred my mule and I went ridin' on down the road.
So I seed a beautiful girl, so I say. "Hey, lady. Are you married?"
And she say, "No, Bub. And never been kissed."
I said, "Well, look -- I got a twenty-dollar bill and a Cadillac car
And I knows a cute little place right over the hill."
And she say, "To heck with your Cadillac car,
But keep talking about that hill and them twenty-dollar bills."

So I spurred my mule and went ridin' on down the road
Minding my own business and I wasn't bothering a soul.
So finally I rode into town and I seed a man standin' at the window pullin' off his clothes.
And every time he'd pull off a piece, he'd throw it out the window.
So I said, "Hey, Bub, -- what goes?"
So he said, "Look, Bub, -- if you knowed what I paid for this room and what's in it, them clothes will be out of style when I come down."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• BIG
• BILL
• BROONZY
• MULE
• RIDING
• BLUES

[dirtypill1]

cool song. I think its the same tune as "Willie Mae Blues" on his Trouble in Mind cd. Might be easier to find.

[ziryabelandaloussi]

@dirtypill1 Big Bill use the same tune almost in all his songs.Check up for willie mae commented by Stefan Grossman in his his BBC country blues guitar programm 1970s.Thanks

[LynX1969]

thanks for posting this - best BBB song!

[ziryabelandaloussi]

Thanks

[darranbarker7]

i love this tune, havent heard it for years, i have it on vinyl but its sctratched and i dont have a player anymore! this is the first broonzy tune i ever learnt. thanks for posting this. more!!!!!

[ziryabelandaloussi]

Thanks

[narcosis70]

I'm working on learning this, but as an instrumental. Being a white northerner, I can't relate well to the lyrics. Can't wail and hit the high notes in Willie Mae, either! Stephan Grossman plays Willie Mae just slightly different in his instructional, and each song has parts not in the other, So I'm trying to combine pieces from both to form a complete instrumental. Big Bill's the greatest, I hope wherever he is, he knows his music and memory are alive and well over 50 years after his death!

[tomfairlamb]

@portr002 Would you be able to send me the tab for this?

[busessuck1]

excellent, i was lookin for examples of "talking" blues this is a pretty good un

[ImTheSolace1]

@darranbarker7

do you know what tuning this is in?

[portr002]

@poetinahat Yes, I worked it out a few weeks ago, message me if you want to learn it . :)

[ImTheSolace1]

i wanna learn this fine tune,

anyone have the tab for this?

por favor!