Humpback Mule/Humpbacked Mule

An Illinois tune that comes from Havey "Pappy" Taylor of Effingham, Illinois.  There's a few variations of this tune floating around, so I don't claim to have the definitive version.  It's old time music, so we can personalize our version of the tune as we like.

This web page has more information about Harvey "Pappy" Taylor.

A couple recordings of Humpback Mule:

The Indian Creek Delta Boys - The Indian Creek Delta Boys' Recordings from the collection of Ray Alden 2015 Field Recorder's Collective FRC 607

The Foghorn String Band - Outshine The Sun 2012

Download a pdf of Humpback Mule with some variations -> HumpbackMule.pdf