Managing A Mule

You Nebuchadnezzah, whoa, sah! Whar ie you try in' to go, sah ? I'd hab yon for to know, sah, I's a holdin' ob de unes! You'd better stop dat prancin', You' powerful fond of dancip', But l'll bet my yeah's advannin' Dat 111 cnre you ob your ahines. Look heah, mule! Better min' out- Fus' t'ing you know you'll fin' out How quick l'll wear dis line out On your ugly, atubbo'n back You needn't try to steal up An' lif dat precious heel up Ycm's got to plow dis fiel' up, You hae, for a fac'. Dar, dat's de way to do it ! He's comin' right down to it, Jes' watch him plowin' t'roo it! Dis nigger ain't no fooi ! Home folk dey would a beat him ; Now, dat would only heat him - I know jen' how to treat him; You mus' reason wid a mule. He minds me like a nigger, If he was only bigger He'd fotch a mighty figger, He would, I teil you! Yes, sah'. See how he keeps a-clickin' And neber thinks o' kickin' - Whoa, dar! Nebuchadnezzah ! ##### Is dis heah me, or not me? Or is de debil got me ? Was dat a cannon shot me ? Hab I laid heah more' n a week ? Dat mule do kick amazin' ! De beast was sp'iled in raisin' - By now I s'pect he's grazin', On de oder side de creek.