From the film “Mr. Imperium”, 1951.
Words by Dorothy Fields.
Music by Harold Arlen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
My love an’ my mule are two of a kind
What to do, what to do, what to do?
My love like my mule can’t make up his mind
What to do, what to do, what to do?
Crazy critters so doggone arbitrary
I git the jitters jes’ talkin’ to the prairie air
They don’t care, they don’t care
They don’t care, they don’t care
Tisn’t fair, tisn’t fair, tisn’t fair, tisn’t fair
My love an’ my mule git balky an’ mean
What to do, what to do, what to do?
They break ev’ry rule
Brother it’s quite a routine
When a man an’ a donkey can both
Make a monkey of one pigheaded fool
Hip-hooray, hip-hooray
Let them say what they may
I’m a fool for my love an’ my mule