Delaney's Donkey Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Now Del[G]aney had a donkey
[C]that everyone [G]ad mired
Temporarily lazy and permanently [Am]tired
[D]A leg[G] at every corner bal[C]ancing his hea[G]d
And a tail to let you [C]know which
end he [D]wanted to be [G]fed
[Em]Riley slyly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Verse 11]
[C]
shoving [G]it and shushing it
Hogan, Logan and all the bally [D]crew
Po[G]lice, and auxiliary
The [C]Garrison Ar[G]tillery
The [D]Second Enniskillen's and
the life guards too
They [G]seized it

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

[Verse 13]
drew aside,
They [C]all commited suicide
The day Delaney's donkey
won [D]the half mile race