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Now Delaney had a donkey that everyone admired<br /> Temporarily lazy and permanently tired<br /> A leg at every corner balancing his head<br /> And a tail to let you know which end he wanted to be fed<br /> Riley slyly said we've underrated it, why not train it, then they took a rag<br /> They rubbed it, scrubbed it, they oiled and embrocated it<br /> Got it at the post and when the starter dropped the flag<br /> There was Riley pushin' it, shovin' it, shushin' it<br /> Hogan, Logan and everyone in town <br /> Lined up, attackin' it and shovin' it and smackin' it<br /> They might as well have tried to push the Town Hall down<br /> The donkey was eyein' them, openly defyin' them<br /> Winkin', blinkin' and twistin' out of place<br /> Riley reversin' it, everybody cursin' it<br /> The day Delaney's donkey ran the halfmile race<br /> <br /> The muscles of the mighty never known to flinch<br /> They couldn't move the donkey a quarter of an inch<br /> Delaney lay exhausted, hangin' round his throat<br /> With a grip just like a Scotsman on the five pound note<br /> Starter, Carter, he lined up with the rest of them<br /> When it saw them, it was willin' then<br /> It raced up, braced up, ready for the best of them<br /> They started off to cheer it but it changed its mind again<br /> And there was Riley pushin' it, shovin' it, shushin' it<br /> Hogan, Logan and Mary Ann Macgraw<br /> She started pokin' it an' grabbin' it an' chokin' it<br /> It kicked her in the bustle and it laughed hee-hah<br /> The whigs and conservatives, the radical superlatives<br /> Liberals and tories, they hurried to the place<br /> Stood there in unity, helpin' the community<br /> The day Delaney's donkey ran the halfmile race<br /> <br /> The crowd began to cheer it, then Rafferty, the judge<br /> He came up to assist them, but still it wouldn't bud |