Тональность: Bb major
Verse 1
D
G
Now Delaney had a donkey
C
G
that everyone admired,
Em
G
D
Tem po'rily lazy and permanently tired
G
C
G
A leg at ev'ry corner balancing his head,
C
And a tail to let you know which
Dsus4
G
end he wanted to be fed
Em
B
Em
Riley slyly said "We've underrated it,
why not train it?"
B
Em
Then he took a rag
G
They rubbed it, scrubbed it,
They oiled and embrocated it,
G
And when the starter
G
There was Riley pushing
Verse 2
C
G
it, shoving it,
shushing it
Em
Hogan, Logan and ev'ryone
D
G
in town lined up
C
G
Attacking it and shoving it and smacking it
D
A
They might as well have tried
D
to push the Town Hall down
G
The donkey was eyeing them,
C
G
Openly defying them
Em
G
D
Winking, blinking and twisting out of place
C
Ev'rybody cursing it
G
C
Dsus4
The day Delaney's donkey ran the
D
G
halfmile race.
Verse 3
G
The muscles of the mighty
C
G
never known to flinch,
Em
They couldn't budge the donkey
G
D
a quarter of an inch
G
Delaney lay exhausted,
C
G
hanging round its throat
C
With a grip just like a Scotchman
D
G
on a five pound note
B
Em
lined up with the rest of 'em.
B
Em
When it saw them, it was willing then
G
It raced up, braced up,
ready for the best of 'em.
C
G
They started off to cheer it but it
D
changed its mind again
Verse 4
pushing it, shov
C
G
ing it and shushing it
Em
Hogan, Lo gan and Mary
G
D
G
Ann Macgraw,
She started poking it,
C
G
grabbing it and choking it
D
A
It kicked her in the bustle and it
G
Whigs, the conservatives,
C
G
Radical superlatives
Em
Libr'rals and tories,
D
They hurried to the place
G
Stood there in unity,
C
Helping the community
G
C
The day Delaney's donkey ran
Dsus4
D
G
the halfmile race.
Verse 5
G
C
The crowd began to cheer it. Then Rafferty,
Em
He came to assist them, but
G
D
still it wouldn't budge
G
And The jockey who was riding it,
C
G
little John MacGee,
C
Was so thoroughly disgusted that
Dsus4
D
G
he went to have his tea
Em
B
Hagan, Fagan was students
Swore they'd shift it
B
Em
with some dynamite
G
They bought it, brought it,
then without apology
C
Em
C
G
The donkey gave a sneeze and blew the
D
whole things out of sight
Verse 6
pushing it, shov
C
G
ing it and shushing it
Em
D
Hogan, Logan and all the bally crew,
G
P'lice, and auxil'ary,
C
G
The Garrison Artillery
D
A
The Second Enniskillen's and the
D
A
D
Life Guards too
G
They seized it and harried it,
C
G
They picked it up and carried it
Em
G
Cheered it, steered it to the
G
Then the Book makers they drew aside,
G
C
And They all commited suicide
C
D
donkey won the halfmile race.
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