Down the road came a tired little donkey,
Much he was loaded till his head hung down
Upon this back so heavy set a big man,
Singin' such a sad song
As he rode into town

And the man, the man sing to the donkey,
But he sing such a sad song, and the guitar he broke
The donkey stop, the man he reach to get a big jug,
Him and the donkey take a sip o' the drink

Down the road, oh the dancing donkey,
Head swingin' so high, all the pain now gone
The man he sing, some song was a gay song,
And the little donkey kept a-dancin' on

Down the road was the man and the donkey,
So good feel the donkey, so gay was the man
How plain when the wind blow was the sound of the gay song,
When the man and the donkey kept a-movin' on down the road