DeLaney's Donkey chords by Barnbrack
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Verse 1
(D major) Now (G major) Delaney had a donkey
(C major) that everyone ad (G major) mired,
(E minor) Tem po'rily lazy and (G major) permanently (D major) tired
A (G major) leg at ev'ry corner (C major) balancing his (G major) head,
And a tail to let you (C major) know which
end he (Dsus4) wanted to be (G major) fed
(E minor) Riley slyly (B major) said "We've under (E minor) rated it,
why not train it?"
(B major) Then he took a (E minor) rag
They (G major) rubbed it, scrubbed it,
They oiled and embrocated it,
(C major) Got it to the post
And (G major) when the starter
dropped the (D major) flag
There was (G major) Riley pushing
Verse 2
it, shov (C major) ing it, (G major)
shushing it
Hogan, (E minor) Logan and ev'ryone
in (D major) town (G major) lined up
Attacking it and (C major) shoving it and (G major) smacking it
They (D major) might as well have (A major) tried
to push the (D major) Town Hall down
The (G major) donkey was eyeing them,
(C major) Openly de (G major) fying them
Winking, (E minor) blinking and twisting (G major) out of (D major) place
(G major) Riley reversing it,
(C major) Ev'rybody cursing it
The (G major) day Delaney's (C major) donkey ran the (Dsus4)
(D major) (G major) halfmile race.
Verse 3
(G major) The muscles of the mighty
(C major) never known to (G major) flinch,
They couldn't budge the (E minor) donkey
a (G major) quarter of an (D major) inch
Delaney (G major) lay exhausted,
(C major) hanging round its (G major) throat
With a grip just like a (C major) Scotchman
on a (D major) five pound (G major) note
Starter, (E minor) Carter,
(B major) lined up with the (E minor) rest of 'em.
When it saw them, (B major) it was willing (E minor) then
It (G major) raced up, braced up,
ready for the best of 'em.
They (C major) started (G major) off to cheer it but it
changed its mind (D major) again
There was (G major) Riley
Verse 4
pushing it, shov
(C major) ing it (G major) and shushing it
Hogan, (E minor) Lo gan and Mary
(G major) Ann (D major) (G major) Macgraw,
She started poking it,
(C major) grabbing it and (G major) choking it
It (D major) kicked her in the (A major) bustle and it
(D major) laughed "Hee Haw!"
(G major) Whigs, the conservatives,
(C major) Radical su (G major) perlatives
Libr'rals and (E minor) tories,
They hurried to the (D major) place
(G major) Stood there in unity,
(C major) Helping the community
The (G major) day Delaney's (C major) donkey ran
the (Dsus4) (D major) (G major) halfmile race.
Verse 5
(G major)
The crowd began to cheer it. Then (C major) Rafferty,
the (G major) judge
He came to as (E minor) sist them, but
(G major) still it wouldn't (D major) budge
And The (G major) jockey who was riding it,
(C major) little John (G major) MacGee,
Was so thoroughly dis (C major) gusted that
he (Dsus4) went to (D major) have his (G major) tea
(E minor) Hagan, Fagan was (B major) students
of psy (E minor) chology,
Swore they'd shift it
with some (B major) dynam (E minor) ite
They (G major) bought it, brought it,
then without apology
The (C major) donkey (E minor) gave a (C major) sneeze and (G major) blew the
whole things out of (D major) sight
There was (G major) Riley
Verse 6
pushing it, shov
(C major) ing it and (G major) shushing it
Hogan, (E minor) Logan and all the bally (D major) crew,
(G major) P'lice, and auxil'ary,
The (C major) Garrison Ar (G major) tillery
The (D major) Second (A major) Enniskillen's and the
(D major) Life (A major) Guards (D major) too
They (G major) seized it and harried it,
They (C major) picked it up and (G major) carried it
Cheered it, steered (E minor) it (G major) to the
(D major) winning place
Then (G major) the Book makers they drew aside,
(G major) And They (C major) all commited suicide
The (G major) day Delaney's
(C major) donkey won (D major) the halfmile race.
DeLaney's Donkey
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