Riding away from Ike Godsey's store on John Boy's mule, Old Blue, Grandpa sings "Go 'Long Mule," a foxtrot published in 1924 and popularized on records by Fletcher Henderson & Louis Armstrong, among others.
First of five episodes directed by Richard Thomas (John-Boy).
Erin Moran, who plays Sally Ann, is the secondd actor from the show Happy Days to guest star in The Walton'. Ron Howard was the first.