《Conversation with a Mule》歌词

[00:00:00] Conversation with a Mule - Pete Seeger (皮特·西格)

[00:00:11] I saw a farmer and a mule a-plowin'

[00:00:14] Over on the mountainside

[00:00:17] As he went along he was a-grumblin'

[00:00:19] As he plowed those furror deep and wide

[00:00:22] Well as he went along a-plowin'

[00:00:24] He was a swearin and snortin' all the way

[00:00:27] I overheared his conversation with his mule

[00:00:30] And this is what heared him say

[00:00:32] Old mule your the son of a jack-ass

[00:00:36] And I'm the image of God

[00:00:38] Yeah here we work hitched together

[00:00:41] Toilin' and a-tillin' the sod

[00:00:43] I wonder if you work for me

[00:00:46] Or I work for you old mule

[00:00:49] Sometimes I think it's a partnership

[00:00:51] Between a mule and a doggone fool

[00:00:55] When plowin' we go the same distance

[00:00:58] But I work harder than you

[00:01:01] You skin the ground on four good legs

[00:01:03] While I hobble along on two

[00:01:06] So mule mathmatically speaking

[00:01:08] Well I do more than you

[00:01:11] Yes I do just twice the work per legs

[00:01:13] Just twice as much as you

[00:01:17] Now soon we'll be making the corn crop

[00:01:20] That's probably split three ways

[00:01:23] A third for you and a third for me

[00:01:25] And a third for the landlords pay

[00:01:28] You get your third you eat it

[00:01:31] Your get the best and how

[00:01:33] I split my third amongst eight kids

[00:01:35] A banker six hens and a cow

[00:01:39] So mule confidentially speakin'

[00:01:42] Would you change places with me

[00:01:44] Would you take up all my worries

[00:01:47] And still contented be

[00:01:49] Would you swap places I'm asking

[00:01:52] Of course you know we couldn't

[00:01:54] But would you if you could

[00:01:55] Now tell the truth

[00:01:57] You know

[00:01:57] You're doggone right you wouldn't