Delaney's Donkey chords by
Val Doonican

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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
D D 
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G G 
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Now Delaney had a donkey
C C 
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G G 
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that everyone ad mired
Am Am 
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Temporarily lazy and permanently tired
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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A leg at every corner balancing his head
C C 
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And a tail to let you know which
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G G 
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end he wanted to be fed
Em Em 
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Riley slyly

Verse 2
B B 2
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Em Em 
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said we've underrated it
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Em Em 
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Why not train it, then they took a rag?
G G 
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They rubbed it, scrubbed it, they
oiled and embrocated it
C C 
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Got it at the post and when the
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D D 
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starter dropped the flag
G G 
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There was Riley

Verse 3
pushin' it,
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shovin' it, shushin' it
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Hogan, Logan and everyone in town
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Lined up, attackin' it and
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shovin' it and smackin' it
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They might as well have tried
to push the town hall down

Verse 4
G G 
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The donkey was eyein' them,
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G G 
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openly defyin' them
Winkin',
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blinkin' and twistin' out of place
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C C 
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Riley reversin' it, everybody cursin' it
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C C 
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The day Delaney's donkey ran
D D 
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G G 
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the half mile race

Verse 5
C C 
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The muscles of the mighty never
G G 
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known to flinch
They couldn't move the donkey
D D 
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a quarter of an inch
G G 
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Delaney lay exhausted,
C C 
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G G 
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hangin' round his throat
C C 
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With a grip just like a Scotsman
D D 
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G G 
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on the five pound note
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Starter,

Verse 6
Carter,
Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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Em Em 
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he lined up with the rest of them
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Em Em 
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When it saw them, it was willin' then
G G 
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It raced up, braced up,
ready for the best of them
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Em Em 
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D D 
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They started off to cheer it but
it changed its mind again

Verse 7
G G 
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And there was Riley pushin' it,
C C 
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G G 
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shovin' it, shushin' it
D D 
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G G 
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Hogan, Logan and Mary Ann Macgraw
C C 
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She started pokin' it an' grabbin'
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it an' chokin' it
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A A 
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It kicked her in the bustle
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and it laughed hee-hah

Verse 8
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G G 
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The The whigs and conservatives,
C C 
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G G 
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the radical superlatives
Liberals and tories,
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they hurried to the place
G G 
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Stood there in unity,
C C 
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helpin' the community
G G 
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C C 
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The day Delaney's donkey ran
D D 
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G G 
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the halfmile race

Verse 9
G G 
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C C 
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The crowd began to cheer it, then Rafferty,
G G 
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the judge
He came up to assist them, but
Em Em 
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D D 
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still it wouldn't bud
G G 
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And the jockey who was riding,
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G G 
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little John MacGee
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Was so thoroughly disgusted that
D D 
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G G 
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he went to have his tea

Verse 10
Em Em 
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D D 
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Hagan, Fagan was students
Em Em 
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of psychology
Swore they'd shift it
D D 
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Em Em 
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with some dynamite
G G 
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They bought it, brought it,
then without apology
C C 
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The donkey gave a sneeze and blew
D D 
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the darn stuff out of sight
G G 
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There was Riley pushing it,

Verse 11
C C 
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G G 
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shoving it and shushing it
D D 
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Hogan, Logan and all the bally crew
G G 
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Police, and auxiliary
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G G 
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The Garrison Artillery
D D 
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The Second Enniskillen's and
the life guards too
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They seized it

Verse 12
and harried it
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G G 
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They picked it up and carried it
Cheered it, steered it to
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the winning place
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Then the Bookies

Verse 13

drew aside,

C

They all commited suicide

The day Delaney's donkey

D

won the half mile race

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