[Chorus]
Move along Big Twenty, Big Twenty move along
You've got the muscle and you've got the bone
Move along Big Twenty, Big Twenty move along
You've got a master and you've got a home

[Verse 1]
Pulled out of the Mojave with a twenty mule team
Ten tons of borax and a muleskinners dream
For soon I'd be wining and dining I know
With a cute little filly in the town of Reno
(With a cute little filly in the town of Reno)

[Verse 2]
The Apaches are restless there's smoke in the sky
But I'm too old for scalping and I'm too young to die
Soon they'll be 'round me like ants on a hill
Grooming this muleskinner up for the kill
(Grooming this muleskinner up for the kill)

[Verse 3]
My mules tired of running just fell to the ground
Ten tons of borax burned big twenty down
But we're still a-living so the story can be told
How I traded that borax for Apache gold
(How I traded that borax for Apache gold)
[Chorus]
Move along Big Twenty, Big Twenty move along
You've got the muscle and you've got the bone
Move along Big Twenty, Big Twenty move along
You've got a master and you've got a home

[Outro]
You've got a master and you've got a home
You've got a master and you've got a home
You've got a master and you've got a—