My Donkey want Water [Song]

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MY DONKEY WANT WATER
By MacBeth the Great [1946]

Hold him Joe, hold him Joe!
Hold him Joe but don't let him go!
Hold him Joe, I said, hold him Joe!
Hold him Joe but don't let him go!

Mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
Better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
When the donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
He went 'round the corner. [Hold him, Joe]

When he's on a journey, he does go straight
You can bet your life, he's a heavyweight
This donkey of mine, he don't like no weight
When you put him in the cart, he never walk ---------.

When he want his water [Hold him, Joe]
When mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
Oh, when mih donkey want water. [Hold him, Joe]

The whole thing, friends, is through jealousy
They want to take mih donkey from me
They want to put my donkey in pound for spite
Just because they know my donkey can fight.

When he want his water [Hold him, Joe]
Mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
When mih donkey want water. [Hold him, Joe]

Some people say that my donkey bad
Because he came from Trinidad
This donkey of mine, he wouldn't work at all
All he does is break the boards out the stall.

When he want his water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]
Oh, when the donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
Oh, when mih donkey is thirsty [Hold him, Joe]
Yes, mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
When the donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
Oh yes, the donkey is thirsty [Hold him, Joe]
When mih donkey want water [Hold him, Joe]
You better hide your daughter [Hold him, Joe]

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................


A Note From The Gull

Thank you, MacBeth the Great.  

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare