Donkey Riding

Was you ever in Quebec
Launching timber on the deck
Where you'd break your bleeding neck
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Timbuktu
Where them girls is black and blue
Where they waggle their backsides too
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Vallipo
Where them girls puts on a show
Waggle and wriggle with a roll-and-go
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Mobile Bay
Screwing cotton all the day
A dollar a day is a white man's pay
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Canton
Where the men wear pigtails long
And the girls play Honky Kong
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in London town
Where them girls they do go down
To see a king in a golden crown
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in Miramichi
Where we ties up to a tree
Where them skeeters do bite we
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever in the Broomielaw
Where them Yanks is all the go
Where them girls dance heel-and-toe
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever down 'Frisco Bay
Where them girls all shout "Olé!"
Here comes Johnny with his three years' pay
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Was you ever off Cape Horn
Where your backside's never warm
And you wish to hell you'd never been born
Riding on a donkey?

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey

Whey-hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Whey-hey and away we go
Riding on a donkey