Riding On the Donkey

1. Was you ever in Quebec

launchin' timber on the deck

where you break your bleedin' neck

riding on the donkey.

R: Wey hey and away we go donkey riding donkey riding

wey hey and away we go riding on the donkey.

2. Was you ever in mobile Bay

screwing cotton all day

a dollar a day is Paddy's pay

riding on the donkey.

R:

3. Was you ever round Cape Horn

where the weather's never warm

you wish to God you'd never been born

riding on the donkey.

R:

4. Was you ever in Miramashee

where you tie up to a tree

and the girls sit on your knee

riding on the donkey.

R:

5. Were you ever in Broomilaw

where the Yanks are all the go

and the boys dance heel and toe

riding on the donkey.

R:

6. Was you ever in Canton

where the men wear pigtails long

and they all move honky kong

riding on the donkey.

R:

7. Was you ever in London town

see the King he just come down

see the King in his golden crown

riding on the donkey.

R:

8. Was you ever in Liverpool Bay

see the Judy shout hooray

here comes our Tommy with his ten months pay

riding on the donkey.

R: