Was you ever in Quebec
Launchin' timber on the deck?
Where ya break yer bleedin' neck
Ridin' on a donkey!
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Way hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Way hey and away we go
Ridin' on a donkey.
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Was you ever in Timbucktoo,
where the gals are black an´blue
An´they waggle their bustles too?
Ridin' on a donkey.
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Was you ever in Vallipo,
where the gals put on a show,
waggle an´dance with a roll ´n go?
Ridin' on a donkey.
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Was you ever in Mobile Bay
screwing´cotton all the day,
a dollar a day is a white man´s pay?
Ridin' on a donkey.
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Was you ever in Canton,
where the men wear pigtails long
and the gals play hong-ki-kong?
Ridin' on a donkey.
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Was you ever in London-town
See the King he does come down?
See the King in his golden crown
Riding on a donkey
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Was you ever in Miramichi
Where ye tie up to a tree,
An' the skeeters do bite me?
Ridin' on a donkey
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Was you ever on the Broomielaw,
where the yanks are all the go,
an´the boys dance heel an´toe?
Ridin' on a donkey
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Was you ever in Frisco Bay
See the girls all shout, "Hooray!"?
"Here comes Johny with his tree years pay!"
Riding on a donkey."
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Was you ever of Cape Horn
Where the weather's never warm?
Wished to God you'd never been born
Ridin' on a donkey.
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