Black Mule Lyrics

The neighing of the horses in the moonlight woke him up

There was a line of ice across his cup

Except for the wind in the corn, the world was perfectly still

The moon hung over the window sill



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Four men on horses came riding up;

They dragged him out into the clearing

They said, "Listen here mister, if you don't give us all your gold

We're gonna give you a hell of a beating"



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Just then a nun on a black mule came riding by;

She said: "Oh Gentlemen, what are you doing?

If you don't leave that man alone

I'm going to punish you for evil-doing"



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Well, you know bad men; they never listen

They went up in a puff of brimstone

She cut him down, she led him by the hand to a cave

Took him into a world of limestone



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She bathed his wounds. She put salt on his back

She read to him from a great big book

When he was healed, she led him by the hand

Said, "Go into the world and take a look"



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He was walking down a Beirut street when a car-bomb blew him up

Oh, life can be cruel

When they took him to the mortuary to identify his fingerprints

All they found were the hoofprints of a mule



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