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: