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