Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
My donkey walk, my donkey talk
My donkey eat with a knife and fork
My donkey eat, my donkey sleep
My donkey kick with his two hind feet
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
My teacher is mad. My teacher is sad
Because the children act so bad
The pencils she fly, the ink won't dry
And then my teacher starts to cry
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
I go out to play. My neighbor she say
"Take all your friends and go away"
I tell her, "It's true. You belong in a zoo"
"Because the monkeys look like you"
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
My sister is late. I pity her date
If I were the guy I would not wait
I tell her beware cause nobody care
How many times you comb your hair
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
My donkey walk, my donkey talk
My donkey eat with a knife and fork
My donkey eat, my donkey sleep
My donkey kick with his two hind feet
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run
Tingalayo! Run little donkey, run