Well i bought me a donkey about four foot tall
To plough my cotton in the early fall
He's running around it was an awful sin
I had to build a fence to keep my donkey in

I rigged up the wire with a battery charge
To keep my donkey from a-running at large
Inside this bin i turned him loose
Corralled by volts of electrified juice

Which way did my donkey go
If you see him let me know
I haven't seen my donkey since
He backed into that electrified fence

Now the first time he backed up against it
He threw back his ears and he had a fit
He brayed real loud and he hit high gear
He jumped up into the stratosphere

I just got word from albuquerque
A donkey up there was looking for work
He's my donkey and his name is jack
Oh how i wish he'd come on back

Now more word came from palamar
A man up there was a-watching the stars
While looking through his telescope
He nearly had himself a stroke

He saw something riding up the rainbow trail
Two long ears and a cockabur tail
This thing he saw when he informed the states
Was a donkey heading for the pearly gates