Hold my Mule...

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What does this mean exactly?

[Nakia518]

It means hold my purse while I go check this fool...
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 

[vtguy84]

It's a simple Southern expression that just means "Pardon me."  You usually hear it in the church before someone gets their praise on.  I have also heard it outside of the church where if someone is ready to go off on another person, they will be like "Hold my mule while I go handle this issue."

To my knowledge, it has no Biblical symbolism.

[BigFoot_BigThumb]

What does this mean exactly?

Isn't this based upon the Shirley Caeser song "Holkd My Mule" where the old man tells the church folks to literally "hold his mule" while he gives praise out in the middle of his field while he's plowing?  I take it that you haven't heard this song.  If not, the song is about an old man who goes to this saddidy church where he likes to shout, and they come to his house to tell him that they don;t carry on like that in this church.  Well, this man has a testimony and he tells them since I can't shout in your church, "hold my mule" cuz I'm gonna praise him right here.  So I guess that person is just using a saying to indicate that they're about to give God some praise.  It's a country thang.   

A gospel song just aint a gospel song without an old man or an old lady in it.   

[SisterT]

It means hold my shoes while I get my praise on! LOL! 

[uniquepraise]

It means hold my shoes while I get my praise on! LOL! 

And my hat!

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It means hold my shoes while I get my praise on! LOL! 

LOL..... Thats funny.

[nessalynn77]

Isn't this based upon the Shirley Caeser song "Holkd My Mule" where the old man tells the church folks to literally "hold his mule" while he gives praise out in the middle of his field while he's plowing?  I take it that you haven't heard this song.  If not, the song is about an old man who goes to this saddidy church where he likes to shout, and they come to his house to tell him that they don;t carry on like that in this church.  Well, this man has a testimony and he tells them since I can't shout in your church, "hold my mule" cuz I'm gonna praise him right here.  So I guess that person is just using a saying to indicate that they're about to give God some praise.  It's a country thang.   

A gospel song just aint a gospel song without an old man or an old lady in it.   

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the phrase was coined by the Shirley Ceasar song... I don't know what the rest of these folks is talkin' bout... LOL

[flojo4jc]

Isn't this based upon the Shirley Caeser song "Holkd My Mule" where the old man tells the church folks to literally "hold his mule" while he gives praise out in the middle of his field while he's plowing?  I take it that you haven't heard this song.  If not, the song is about an old man who goes to this saddidy church where he likes to shout, and they come to his house to tell him that they don;t carry on like that in this church.  Well, this man has a testimony and he tells them since I can't shout in your church, "hold my mule" cuz I'm gonna praise him right here.  So I guess that person is just using a saying to indicate that they're about to give God some praise.  It's a country thang.   

A gospel song just aint a gospel song without an old man or an old lady in it.   

Yup. Shoutin' John! 

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Yup. Shoutin' John! 

Yo.... thats the song right therr.........

Hold my arms and my feet be goin
hold my feet and my hands was goin!!!!!!! Yo, I wanna be just like Shoutin John.