Mules (1985)

in a cavern in a canyon excav for a mine dwelt a Miner 49er and his daughter Clementine oh my darling Oh My Darling oh my daring Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry Clementine light she was and like a fairy and her shoes were number nine teing boxes without topes sandal were for Clementine Oh My Darling oh my darling Oh My Darling Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry Clementine Roy duckings to the water ever morning just at n HD her foot against a splinter fell into the foaming gme Oh My Darling oh my darling Oh My Darling Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry Clementine Ruby lips above the water blow and bubble soft and fine alas for me I was no swimmer so I lost my Clementine oh my darling Oh My Darling oh my daring Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry Clementine [Music] then the minor 49er soon began to peek and pine thought he ought to join his daughter now he's with his Clementine oh my darling Oh My Darling oh my daring Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry Clementine [Music] a baby mule 2 days old contrary to what you might expect its mother is not a mule and its father is not a mule mules are hybrids they are a cross between a female horse and a male donkey because they have an odd number of chromosomes mules are sterile although they can mate nothing happens only in extremely rare cases has there been strong evidence that mules have produced Offspring also as hybrids they would not become extinct as other animals do only if horses or donkeys became extinct would mules be doomed to follow even though mules can't reproduce they've been around for about 3,000 years the first mule could have been an accident of nature or the result when a donkey was intentionally bred to a horse during their long history mules have been praised for their intelligence and cursed for their stubbornness for the most part they have been simple beasts of Burden although at times they have been royal escorts for Kings and Queens over the centuries horses gained Fame in War and Peace while mules became the backbone of hard labor and heavy transportation George Washington knew their value and after acquiring prize donkeys from the king of Spain he developed an excellent race of mules this in turn gave mules a boost in [Music] Prestige for the mule it was the beginning of a golden era for the next 150 years they would be one of the primary sources of power for industry and agriculture n one of the most famous examples of mule power took place in Death Valley from 1881 to 1885 Teamsters took 20 mules and hooked them up to wagons so big their rear wheel stood 7 ft tall they pulled 36 tons of borax and a 1200g water tank through some of the most brutal climate and Terrain in the Western [Music] Hemisphere for 5 years 20 Mule teams hauled borax out of Death Valley to a rail head at Mojave 165 arid miles away not only did they power industry and agriculture mules helped to conquer the continent the trails to Santa Fe Oregon and [Music] California horses did not have the strength or stamina it was either mules or oxen oxen are tougher over the long Hall yeah but mules are faster the Army used mules as pack animals during the Indian Wars one pack train with mules carrying 200 lb loads traveled more than 100 miles in just 16 hours as late as World War II mules carried supplies through the mountains of Burma Greece and Italy going places where jeeps and bulldozers could not go back in 1890 Missouri had the highest mule population in the nation 245,000 even though 10 years later Texas had twice as many it was the Missouri Mule that became [Music] famous Texans used mules to plant cotton while missourians produced them like Detroit does cars for over half a century Missouri born and bred mules were sold to all parts of the world in the 1920s and 30s as trucks and tractors groaned across the landscape it appeared that the mule might soon be a cast off Beast of [Music] Burton however not long after they were dismissed as Obsolete and unnecessary mules began to make a remarkable comeback from beast of burden to Beast of pleasure on Memorial Day Weekend Bishop California supports its claim as Mu capital of the world thousands of mule enthusiasts gather to watch a parade for mules St [Music] for 3 Days mules are the center of Attraction there are all kinds of judging races pulls jumps and contests [Applause] well there mu I tell you miss Li you keep cool I ain't got time to kiss you now I'm busy with this mu as I went down to the Huckleberry picnic dinner all over the ground Skippers in the meat was 9 ft deep and the green FES walking all around well there mule I tell you miss Li you keep cool I ain't got time to kiss you now I'm busy with this m [Music] biscuits in the ovens bacon beef steak frying in the pan a pretty G sitting in the parter lordy what a ham wo mu wo wo mu I say I ain't got time to kiss you now my mu done run away my uncle had an old mule his name was Simon slick above everything I ever did see how that mu could kick wo mu wo wo mu I holler tying on that old M tail just to hear him Beller went to feed that mu one morning met me at the door with smile he backed one ear and he winked one eye and he kicked me half a mile wo mu wo wo mu I say I ain't got time to kiss you now my mu done run [Music] away Marshall Town Iowa host to the National show of the American donkey and mule Society it's a big event and every year it's held in a different state once again mules get a lot of people to fix them up and look them [Music] over [Music] a [Music] in the foothills of the Ozarks St Clair Missouri holds a festival for draft horses and mules which just are remembering the past and they're talking about the future for small farms horses and mules could be an alternative to expensive Machinery not only are there hundreds perhaps thousands of events scheduled for mules each year there are dozens of Publications dedicated to this Noble [Music] creature mules of course have always taken Riders to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back they are often the preferred animal for packing and trail [Music] riding and they are a favorite for all types of Joy r [Music] for hunting raccoons mules are the transportation of choice once they're properly trained gunfire doesn't phase them and they can jump Barbed to our fences from a standing position [Music] actually mule lovers just love to have the critters [Music] around as one longtime breeder put it mules is born in a person and there ain't no way you're going to get it out of them and in of good old common horse sense why not mule sense mules Don't Panic as easily as Horses they are more resistant to disease and they live longer the average lifespan for a horse is 20 years for a mule it's 30 and some live to be 50 or [Music] more big small in between there are as many different kinds of mules as there are horses the size of a mule depends upon the size of its parents height is measured by hands an average mule stands 14 Hands [Music] High uncommonly big and among the largest in the world these two mules are taller than 19 hands generally speaking a mule has the body of a horse on the legs of a donkey its feet are usually smaller than horses and its head ears and tail are similar to a [Music] donkeys from its mother it inherits size Grace and speed from its father sure footedness hardiness intelligence and Longevity the result is an animal that is larger and quicker than its father and more durable than its mother mules like donkeys and unlike horses won't overeat and get sick also they can eat and digest rougher food although mules have a reputation for being stubborn it's merely a case of when to say no a horse can be worked until it drops but not a mule overload a mule and it will either Buck off the load or refuse to [Music] move similar to The Mule but very rare is the Henny this Offspring is the result when the mother is a donkey and the father is a horse most people cannot tell the difference between a mule and Henny the Henny is on the [Music] left talked about written about celebrated and honored today's popularity has brought dignity to The [Music] Mule from near obscurity it is currently making an amazing comeback a comeback almost unprecedented in the animal kingdom [Music] one of the events we're going to have today is a mule braing contest to see who is the best mule Brer all right we'll start with number one [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh I can't do it e [Laughter] [Music] [Applause] [Music] e [Music] in my dream she still Meed and it soaked in brine though in life I used to hug her now she's dead I'll draw the line oh my darling Oh My Darling Oh My Darling Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry CL oh my darling Oh My Darling oh my daring Clementine you are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry [Music] Clementine for