Sweetly Sings the Donkey

DESCRIPTION: "Sweetly sings the donkey at the break of day If you do not feed him this is what he’ll say Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw!" Or, "...donkey As he goes to grass, If you don't sing sweetly, You will be the ass"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: animal nonballad campsong | donkey
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 141, "Sweetly sings the donkey" (1 text)
Harbin-Parodology #337, p. 83, "Sweetly Sings the Donkey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 120, "Sweetly Sings the Donkey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings, p. 52, "Sweetly Sings the Donkey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 6, "Sweetly Sings the Donkey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 285, 436, 510, 517, "Sweetly Sings the Donkey" (notes only)
Roud #25393 and 30900
File: ACSF285S

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