Val Doonican sang this in 1967 ... a singer from Eire that took TV by storm in 1964 for twenty years ... dressed in his cardigan and sitting in his rocking chair. Rock on Val... An Irish tale written by William Hargreaves about a donkey that refuses to budge in a race, but through a lot of persuading finally wins ... Whilst looking up on William Hargreaves I sourced that he had written a song called Burlington Bertie from Bow In 1915 ... which was popularly performed in the music halls of that time and later. I wonder if Delaney's Donkey was written back then? Look out for Paddy McGinty's Goat by Val Doonican ... I have included the lyrics for the song out of interest DELANEY'S DONKEY (William Hargreaves) Val Doonican - 1967 Now Delaney had a donkey that everyone admired, Tempo'rily lazy and permanently tired A leg at ev'ry corner balancing his head, And a tail to let you know which end he wanted to be fed Riley slyly said "We've underrated it, why not train it?" Then he took a rag They rubbed it, scrubbed it, They oiled and embrocated it, Got it to the post And when the starter dropped his flag There was Riley pushing it, shoving it, shushing it Hogan, Logan and ev'ryone in town lined up Attacking it and shoving it and smacking it They might as well have tried to push the Town Hall down The donkey was eyeing them, Openly defying them Winking, blinking and twisting out of place Riley reversing it, Ev'rybody cursing it The day Delaney's donkey ran the half mile race. The ...
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