The Electrified Donkey-Johnny Horton

[ti:The Electrified Donkey] [ar:Johnny Horton] [al:Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Electrified Donkey - Johnny Horton [00:06.38]Oh well I bought me a donkey about four foot tall [00:09.54]To plough my cotton in the early fall [00:12.46]He's runnin' around it was an awful sin [00:15.32]I had to build a fence to keep my donkey in [00:18.51]I rigged up a wire with a battery charge [00:21.41]To keep my donkey from a-running at large [00:24.35]Inside this bin I turned him loose [00:27.38]Thrilled by volts of electrified juice [00:30.38]Well which way did my donkey go [00:33.53]If you see him let me know [00:36.33]I haven't seen my donkey since [00:39.23]He backed into that electrified fence [00:42.18] [00:48.03]Now the first time he backed up against it [00:51.15]He threw back his ears and he had a fit [00:54.07]He brayed real loud and he hit high gear [00:57.13]He jumped up into the stratosphere [01:00.21]I just got word from Albuquerque [01:03.11]A donkey up there was looking for work [01:05.72] [01:06.34]He's my donkey and his name is Jack [01:09.09]Oh how I wish he'd come on back [01:11.97]Well which way did my donkey go [01:15.15]If you see him let me know [01:18.10]I haven't seen my donkey since [01:21.05]He backed into that electrified fence [01:23.93] [01:29.81]Now more word came from Palomar [01:32.99]A man up there was a-watching the star [01:35.79]While looking through his telescope [01:38.91]He nearly had himself a stroke [01:41.95]He saw something riding up the rainbow trail [01:45.03]With two long ears and a puckered up tail [01:48.01]The thing he saw when he 'firmed the states [01:50.76]Was a donkey heading for the pearly gates [01:54.06]Well which way did my donkey go [01:57.09]If you see him let me know [02:00.01]I haven't seen my donkey since [02:03.11]He backed into that electrified fence