Key: Bb major
Verse 1
D
G
Now Delaney had a donkey
C
G
that everyone admired,
Em
G
D
Tem po'rily lazy and permanently tired
G
C
G
A leg at ev'ry corner balancing his head,
Dsus4
G
end he wanted to be fed
Em
B
Em
Riley slyly said "We've underrated it,
why not train it?"
B
Em
Then he took a rag
They oiled and embrocated it,
Verse 2
C
G
it, shoving it,
shushing it
D
G
in town lined up
C
G
Attacking it and shoving it and smacking it
D
A
They might as well have tried
C
G
Openly defying them
Em
G
D
Winking, blinking and twisting out of place
G
C
Dsus4
The day Delaney's donkey ran the
D
G
halfmile race.
Verse 3
C
G
never known to flinch,
G
D
a quarter of an inch
C
G
hanging round its throat
D
G
on a five pound note
B
Em
lined up with the rest of 'em.
B
Em
When it saw them, it was willing then
ready for the best of 'em.
C
G
They started off to cheer it but it
Verse 4
pushing it, shov
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G
ing it and shushing it
G
D
G
Ann Macgraw,
She started poking it,
C
G
grabbing it and choking it
D
A
It kicked her in the bustle and it
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G
Radical superlatives
G
C
The day Delaney's donkey ran
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D
G
the halfmile race.
Verse 5
G
G
D
still it wouldn't budge
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G
little John MacGee,
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D
G
he went to have his tea
Em
B
Hagan, Fagan was students
Swore they'd shift it
B
Em
with some dynamite
then without apology
C
Em
C
G
The donkey gave a sneeze and blew the
Verse 6
pushing it, shov
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G
ing it and shushing it
Em
D
Hogan, Logan and all the bally crew,
C
G
The Garrison Artillery
D
A
The Second Enniskillen's and the
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A
D
Life Guards too
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G
They picked it up and carried it
Em
G
Cheered it, steered it to the
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C
And They all commited suicide
C
D
donkey won the halfmile race.
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