[C]Now Delaney had a donkey that [F]every[G7]one a[C]dmired
[C]Tempo'rily lazy and permanently [G]tired
A
[C]leg at ev'ry cor[F]ner balan[G7]cing [C]his head
[C]And a [C7]tail to let [F]you know which end he[C] wanted [G7]to
be [C]fed
[Am]Riley slyly [E]said "We've unde[Am]rrated it
then he [Am]took a rag
They [C]rubbed
it, [F]scrubbed [G]it, they oiled [G7]and em[C]brocated[F] it
Got it to the post and when the [C]starter dropped
his [G]flag
[C]There was Riley pushing it, [F]shoving it, shushing it
Hogan, Logan and ev'ryone in [G7]town [C]lined up
attacking it
And [Am]shoving it and smacking it
[G]They might as well [A7]have tried to push the [G]Town
[D7]Hall [G]down
The [C]donkey was eyeing [F]them, openly defying [C]them
Winking, blinking and twisting
out of [G]place
[C]Riley reversing [F]it, ev'rybody cursing it
The [C]day Del[G7]aney's donkey [C]ran [F]the
halfmile [C]race
The [C]muscles of the migh[F]ty never known [G7]to flinch
They couldn't [C]budge the donkey a quarter of [G]an
inch
De[C]laney lay exhaus[F]ted, hang[G7]ing round [C]its throat
With a grip [C7]just [F]like a Scotchman
on a [C]five [G7]pound [C]note
[Am]Starter, Carter, he [E7]lined up with the [Am]rest of 'em
When it saw
[E7]them, it was willing [Am]then
It [C]raced up, [F]braced [G]up, ready [G7]for the[C] best of [F]'em
They
started off to cheer it but it [C]changed its mind [G]again
[G7]There was [C]Riley pushing [F]it, shoving it and shushing[C] it
Hogan, Logan and Mary Ann Mac[G7]graw, [C]she
started poking it
[Am]Grabbing it and choking [G]it
It kicked her in [A7]the bustle and it [G]laughed [D7]"Hee
- [G]Haw!"
The [C]whigs, the conservatives, [F]radical super[C]latives
Libr'rals and tories, they hurried
to the[G] place
[G7]Stood there in unity, [F]helping [C]the community
The day Delaney's donkey ran the [C]half[F]mile
[C]race
[C]The crowd began to cheer it, then [F]Raff[G7]ert[C]y, the judge
[C]He came to assist them, but still it [G]wouldn't
budge
The [C]jockey who was riding, [F]little [G7]John Ma[C]cGee
Was so [C7]thorough[F]ly disgusted that
he [C]went to [G7]have his [C]tea
[Am]Hagan, Fagan was [E7]students of [Am]psychology
Swore they'd [E7]shift
it with some [Am]dynamite
They [C]bought it, [F]brought it, [G]then wit[G7]hout a[C]pology
The [F]donkey
gave a sneeze and blew the [C]darn stuff out of[G] sight
There was [C]Riley pushing [F]it, shoving it and shushing[C] it
[C]Hogan, Logan and all the bally [G7]crew
P'lice,
and auxil'ary, the [Am]Garrison Artillery
[G]The Second [A7]Enniskillen's and [G]the Life[D7] Guards [G]too
They
[C]seized it and harried [F]it, they picked it up and carried [C]it
Cheered it, steered it to the winn[G]ing place
[C]Then
the Bookies drew a[F]side, they all commited suicide
Well, the day Delaney's [G7]donkey won the [C]half[F]mile [C]race
