Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Sounds of my Grandparents Era
"TheDemocratic Donkey (is in His Stall Again)" from Conqueror No. 8771 78 RPM Record. Composed by Cliff Hobbs in 1936. Performed by Cliff Hobbs and Bill Cox and the Dixie Songbirds. Played on a Victrola Talking Machine with a Tungs-Tone Stylus. Videography by Dane C. Sorensen.
There are probably far better sounding recordings of this song, but this video gives you an idea what an average persons in the 1940s would have been able to listen to on their home talking machine. This record belonged to my Grandparents - Frederick and Genevieve Robertson.
Lyrics:
I've been a good old donkey, but they turned me out to die
They had me on the commons where the grass don't grow so high
But now I'm in the clover in a field of golden grain
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
They had me up Salt River but I kicked that stable down
I knew that Mr. Roosevelt would ride me in to town
He mounted to the saddle he grabbed the bridle rein
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
Heehaw Halleluia Heehaw Hallaluia
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
He shouted on to Washington better track a ________
You never saw a donkey in your life that jumped so high
He rode me on to victory I carried him to fame
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
The rooster and the eagle put a duel in the sky
While I was throwing gravel in a big pile elephant eyes
The rooster flung the eagle proved that he was game
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
Heehaw Halleluia Heehaw Hallaluia
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
They had me on the race track with another stake this fall
Mister Roosevelt he rode me to the presidential hall
When he led me to the manger to feed my hungry brain
I was back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
You'll see my handsome profile in the papers everywhere
And soon you'll hear I'm singing they'll put me on the air
The world is gonna miss me when I'm dead and gone
But when the angels find me, I'll be sleeping in the White House lawn
Heehaw Halleluia Heehaw Hallaluia
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
Sounds of my Grandparents Era
"TheDemocratic Donkey (is in His Stall Again)" from Conqueror No. 8771 78 RPM Record. Composed by Cliff Hobbs in 1936. Performed by Cliff Hobbs and Bill Cox and the Dixie Songbirds. Played on a Victrola Talking Machine with a Tungs-Tone Stylus. Videography by Dane C. Sorensen.
There are probably far better sounding recordings of this song, but this video gives you an idea what an average persons in the 1940s would have been able to listen to on their home talking machine. This record belonged to my Grandparents - Frederick and Genevieve Robertson.
Lyrics:
I've been a good old donkey, but they turned me out to die
They had me on the commons where the grass don't grow so high
But now I'm in the clover in a field of golden grain
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
They had me up Salt River but I kicked that stable down
I knew that Mr. Roosevelt would ride me in to town
He mounted to the saddle he grabbed the bridle rein
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
Heehaw Halleluia Heehaw Hallaluia
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
He shouted on to Washington better track a ________
You never saw a donkey in your life that jumped so high
He rode me on to victory I carried him to fame
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
The rooster and the eagle put a duel in the sky
While I was throwing gravel in a big pile elephant eyes
The rooster flung the eagle proved that he was game
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
Heehaw Halleluia Heehaw Hallaluia
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
They had me on the race track with another stake this fall
Mister Roosevelt he rode me to the presidential hall
When he led me to the manger to feed my hungry brain
I was back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
You'll see my handsome profile in the papers everywhere
And soon you'll hear I'm singing they'll put me on the air
The world is gonna miss me when I'm dead and gone
But when the angels find me, I'll be sleeping in the White House lawn
Heehaw Halleluia Heehaw Hallaluia
I'm back in old Columbia in the same old stall again
