Me Donkey Want Water
First recording and first release by Sam Manning's Orchestra (May 27, 1926 / 1926)
- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1907
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Jamaican traditional song, aka Hold 'im Joe, Hold 'em Joe.
Published in "Jamaican Song and Story", edited and collected by Walter Jekyll.
It might have served as an inspiration for Jump in the Line.
Sometimes credited to Harry Thomas (Publishing pseudonym for Harry Belafonte and Millard Thomas). - Licensing
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