Oh, well, I bought me a donkey, about four foot tall   To plough my cotton in the early fall   He's runnin' around, it was an awful sin   I had to build a fence to keep my donkey in      I rigged up a wire with a battery charge   To keep my donkey from a-running at large   Inside this bin I turned him loose   Thrilled by volts of electrified juice      Well, 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      Well, 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, more word came from Palomar   A man up there was a-watching the star   While looking through his telescope   He nearly had himself a stroke      He saw something riding up the rainbow trail   With two long ears and a puckered up tail   The thing he saw when he 'firmed the states   Was a donkey heading for the pearly gates      Well, 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