Goin' To Heaven On A Mule

Written for: Wonder Bar (1934)
Performer: Al Jolson (vocal), Hal LeRoy (dance) & Chorus
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1934
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Verse:

Ever since I was a little pickaninny, I've rode an old Missouri mule.
That's the only way I'm ever gonna travel, I'm a superstitious fool;
And when the good Lord tells me that I've sung my closin' song,
My soul will still be on that mule, a-joggin' right along;

Chorus:

When I pass away on that Judgment Day,
I'm goin' to heaven on a mule, an old Missouri mule;
Bye and bye, I'll be ridin' high,
Across that rainbow in the sky to heaven on a mule.
Mammy waits at those Pearly Gates,
I'll see all those Harlem babies struttin' to the tones of saxophones again.
And I'll roll a lot of sevens when I roll the bones with Emp'ror Jones again,
Yes siree!
With a "Glory be," I'll be glad to see
Abe Lincoln like he used to be, the man who set me free;
Yes, I'm goin' up to heaven on a Missouri mule.