ON THE TRAIL
(Harold Adamson / Ferde Grofé)
Frankie Laine
Also recorded by :
Jamey Aebersold; Ray Anthony; Kenny Baron; Ben Besiakov;
Gregg Bissonette; Charlie Byrd; Donald Byrd; Clayton Brothers;
Bill Coleman; Ray Conniff; Richard Davis; Jimmy Dorsey &His Orch.;
Eastern Standard Time; Harry "Sweets" Edison; Rolf Ericson;
Myron Floren; Dizzy Gillespie; Dexter Gordon; George Greeley;
Al Grey; Jimmy Heath; Joe Henderson; Jon Hendricks; Gordon Johnson;
Winton Kelly; André Kostelanetz; Guy Lafitte; Mundell Lowe;
Lorin Maazel; Mike Mainieri; Jackie McLean; Jay McShann;
Glenn Miller Orch.; Montgomery-Hill Sextet; Marlowe Morris;
Nate Najar; New York Philharmonic; Anita O'Day; Cullen Offer;
Sy Oliver; Itzhak Perlman; Oscar Peterson; Seattle Symphony Orch.;
Bud Shank Sextet; Tak Sindo; Louis Smith; Terell Stafford;
Thomas Stevens; Clark Terry; Jesper Thilo; Gary Thomas;
Three of a Kind; Cedar Walton; John Williams; Roger Williams.
(Hee-hop, hee-hop, mule)
(Hop-hee-hop, hee-hop)
The stubbornest mule I ever saw
He's tossin' his head, he's raisin' ol' Ned
He's gettin' me all of a twitter
That ornery critter, he goes
He must have been born in Arkansas
Don't want to be led, he wants to be fed
Why he'd make the Statue of Liberty
Flibberty-gibberty
He's hankerin' for a hunk of straw
He can't hear my song, he's joggin' along
His footsteps that are beating, are tellin' him soon
He'll be eatin' his fill
(Clipperty-hopperti, clipperty-clop)
(Clipperty-hopperti, clipperty-clop)
(Clipperty-hopperti)
Over the rim of the hill
We're on the trail
The sun is low, the canyon is wide
Hi-ee, hi-oo
We sing a song as we ride
We're on the trail
My mule and I, we haven't a care
Hi-ee, hi-oo
My heart is free as the air
Out on the ole painted desert
I know a wonderful site
Where we can build us a fire
Where we can spend the night
The sun will rise
And in the skies, the stars grow pale
Hi-ee, hi-oo
And we'll be back on the trail
Be back on the trail, the trail, the trail
(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Carlene Bogle - August 2005)
