No Mule's Fool is a song by the British progressive rock band Family released in October 1969.
The boy lies on the grass, daydreaming and concentrating on the only audible sound in proximity - the buzzing of a honeybee.
A country and western influence appears in the coda when the music conjures up a Quixotian image of man and mule plodding off into the sunset.
Charlie Whitney's acoustic guitar and a brief riff from the soprano saxophone of Jim King provide a pleasant backdrop, but the energy of the song is from the bass of John Weider, playing as a member of Family on record for the first time.
The song fades out with a quickly paced jam, with plenty of "pickin' and grinnin'" country and western guitar from Whitney.