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  • Fun Song.Enjoyed Da Listen.Love it.Your You Tube Bro.(~;Yrral Mallik of Songramp AKA Larry Gordon Killam of Facebook Group Songwriters Unite over 1800 members;~)

  • hey tis is my bffs ancal

  • How the hell did I get to this?

  • very good

  • Sweet,Love this song my little girls love it more tho :)

  • What an awesome book and song! But it's a shame we can't download the song on the Scholastic website here in Australia. It's only for US and Canada readers which is a bit disappointing. Still, wonderful - our 3-month-old loves it!

  • My Grandchildren (ages 3 & 1) introduced this song to me about 4 weeks ago. I must say this is totally awesome, love it.

  • Nice mate!!!!!!!!!!! go the all blacks!!!!

  • Love it. My son saw Craig perform it today. He remembered the lyrics after hearing it once. Its so funny.

    Thanks Mr Smith.

  • I learnt Piano version for this

  • Probably the best thing I've heard since the Fire Truck book by Ivan Ulz. I heard this at daycare, and I was laughing so hard! The toddlers were wiggling back and forth to it (their idea of dancing). I love it!

  • This is awesome! I get soooo tounge tied. Think i need to buy the book ..... for my kids Hahahaha

  • hahaha i love this song :o you came too my school and sung it lol , i went too linwood intermediate :) amazing song eh .

  • crazy stuff man!!!

  • Met this guy today and he gave me his autograph!! What a cool dude! :-D

  • My kids love this book. Nice to have someone else to read it for a change - I trip over the words sometimes and that's without any drinking...lol

  • i blame this for my ketamine habbit

  • This is fantastic! I love it and i'm off to go buy the book now :)

  • My kids got this from their Kiwi grandparents (and the bumblebee book, too). We love it so much here in Italy. Thanks, Craig! You're one of those greatly talented Kiwis that makes me homesick ;-)

  • @Jokiwi Thanks so much. Happy times in Italy then !! he hee ... he haww

  • I have given this guy a Hi-Five and a hand shake i feel so special haha :D

  • @MarcuzSoftware Omg yes! that was so epic! I got really shy though, hehe ^_^

  • I heard this song for the first time yesterday when i played it for my 3 year old niece.....I've had it in my head ever since! Kudos Mr Smith!

  • I work in a school with children who have special needs and we sing this song daily, we all love it. It's a great song! :)

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  • First time I ever heard this song was about 6 months ago at my Twins Kindy, it was very very hard NOT too pee my pants. Then yesterday working in my sons school library I saw the list of Whitcoulls top 20 and it was on there. I then spent the next 90 minutes annoying the other mum singing the first three steps, however much it amused her. It is funny and kids LOVE IT, now I have watched it 4 times with my twins on line... - Well freakin' done.

  • Awesome book!!!! Love it and so does my 3 yr old son.....

  • Hi Craig,

    Had the absolute pleasure of meeting you today at Ascot Park Kindergarten in Porirua. Thanks for the awesome show, look forward to seeing you again.

    Lynette and Jericho

  • its cool

  • under the influence this song gets longer !! lol

  • Very good! )

  • Absoluety love it. I'm straight off to get the book and cd...

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  • Visited my son's preschool class today. They sang this song and I was like, "Ooooh! So that's what he was talking about the other day." I didn't understand all the weird things he was saying, lol.

  • My brother called me legend when I was able to recite everything from Spunky back to Wonky. I'm 21 and he's 23 LOL.

  • @SpamBAT ha ha. with or without alcohol

  • @craigsmithkiwi I bet you I could do it under the influence!

  • hi, bought the book with cd for my 4yr old son. he loves it!. i hear it so often but still stumble on the words, i dont know how you do it lol

  • My boys love this song- especially the bit where he smells really bad! (holding your nose and saying peeeyooo works well with 2 & 3 year olds- and ummm, older males). Can't wait for more of your songs! Thanks for fun family singing with over the book and CD Craig.

  • hahaha ur a dipshit carrieminzoni!!! keep up the good work craig!! two thumbs up!! b_d

  • Thank you Craig! Your Wonkey Donkey is our kids' very fave song at kindy!

  • A lovely song by a genuine person.

  • ahahahah this song made me laugh for ageeees! awesome :)

  • All the kids at kindy really loved this song and get right into it, the school kids loved their visit so thanks very much, well done Craig!!

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  • haha my parents wish they had this when i was a kid. For some reason they called me donkey haha

  • You Rock Craigm, Our school loved your visit earlier this year and love the rest of the CD. We are perfecting the drip sound!

  • My 2 1/2 year old just came home from pre school singing this song. I had to look it up. What an orsum song. Well done to Craig !

  • seen graig live he is vry good and now this O 4 awsome

  • O for Awesome :D me and my whole family LOVE it!

  • My 4yr old son loves this song and the book as well

  • cool as lol go wonky donky :)

  • this is funny lol

  • Great song mate! my kids love it! HEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWW!

  • He looks like James May

  • ps the song does grow on ya i do like it

  • my daughters love it and i think it make the corolla go faster in order for me to get home sooner so i can turn it off cheers shaun australia but after a few beers my mates love it go figure

  • loledxD

  • Craig, you are super talented! A fantastically clever song with awesome lyrics, guitar and singing. Kia Ora.

  • Fantastic Song Craig. We have just gone out and bought the book and CD. My daughter loves it, but probably not as much as me. And as for plagiarism, I sincerely doubt it. I have never heard anything like it and I congratulate you on your creativeness. Well done.

  • love love love

  • My new favourite kids' song.

  • Im so happy ive found this on here... was sad that i did not know that craig was at Edendale school a few weeks ago, I realy need to buy the book for my kids! we love it!!!!!!!!!!! This video will keep my daughter and i amused all day :) Thanks for the great music Craig, you are awesome!

  • hahaha love it

  • Hey CARRIEMINZONI, your a dick!! and I only read the first two sentences of what you wrote. Craig, I have 3 legs but they call me a horsey worsey tripod.

  • @DEEEBOZZ . Thanks for your support all. Please keep in mind LOTS of kids come to this site. Might want to watch the french. Craig

  • Are you sure this isn't New Zealand's got talent? hehe

  • brilliant Craig keep it up ur great

  • Just enjoy your success Craig. Success has many mothers - failure is an orphan

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  • I'm NOT claiming that I inspired the longer version. It's just that so far, ALL the sites I have seen say that the joke was posted AFTER I wrote the song. How could I have looked them up on the internet if they weren't already there ??. I'm confused you can't see this ??. Besides this, and I've explained this MANY MANY times now. I heard the joke, "what do you call a donkey with three legs" in a pub after a rugby game. I did not find it önline" I went home and added other nky words.

  • I am not going to add in the book that I saw it online, because I DID NOT FIND IT ONLINE. You are asking me to lie, because you have ASSUMED that's where the idea came from. You are WRONG. Now I feel that you are letting your EGO get in the way and refuse to back down on this and I'm not sure why ?. The fact that you think I'm telling lies after I've explained { and have about 10 witnesses } how I cam up with the song I think says more about YOU than it does about me.

  • @craigsmithkiwi Hi I love this.....I wish this sort of song was about when my children (now teenagers) were little. Well done. It brightened up my day! :) BTW in life there are always the odd discontented and miserable person out there, that have nothing else to do but leave grumbling, infantile comments. Be flattered that they took the time to do it on your site, even though it is not constructive and just plain old sour grapes!! :) :)

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  • Finally, If you'd like to talk about this more. We can. I'm happy to talk to you face to face about this too. My e mail is craig@craigsmith.co.nz You can contact me at any time to talk about this option more. I only wish you had done this the first time you had this wrong assumption. We could have talked about this before you started down this road of speculation. I eagerly await your e mail. Regards, Craig Smith

  • @carrieminzoni I don't understand why you are soo offended by this song. Does it really matter that his inspiration for this song came from a joke?? some people write about their lives, their travels, their experiences, why not a joke?? All i know is my son loves it and thats good enough for me. Thanks Craig

  • there are a million links and ALL say it's an OLD MUCH-LOVED joke. so maybe you DO have a time machine? btw you should really get a dictionary and look up the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement. the former means not acknowledging the source of material - which you obviously haven't done because you ADMIT it was "inspired" by a joke, yet haven't acknowledged the fact half the lyrics are the same as the joke in your book.

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  • hey i work at a child care centre in australia, the kids love ur music was wondering if we could get a sampl cd

  • send me an e mail. craig@craigsmith.co.nz and I'll send you some links where you can buy.. Craig

  • This is so great, my 4 year old brother got the book quite recently and loves it, keep it up man.

  • Awesome song. Have just got the book and CD. My boys have listened to it, 6 times this morning already.

  • thanks all. I really appreciate all your comments . Craig

  • haha haha!!

    good song!!

  • My son just got taught this song at kindy. I got to see you perform this at a school last year october and loved it back then. Now have a the wonkey donkey song running around the house all day long! When is your album with other songs available?? cheers

  • Awesome Vid Craig! My son loves this

  • Hi craig I bought this book for my prek classroom and it has been a favorite ever since. We have to read it every morning at group time at least twice! The children love the cd that goes along with the book. they always burst into laughter when we get to the donkey smells really really bad! I hope you come out with some more stories like this real soon! We love it! Thank you!

  • I Love This Song!!! I Got The Book

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  • this is great - my 2 young daughters just LOVE it - well done :)

  • lol

  • yes , it's true that I heard the joke when I was about 5 yrs old and then again later. But only the short version. I had never heard of the longer version until after writing the longer version myself. So it was original to me. However, It has never been put into song, nor has this version been put into a book. Thanks for your comment though Carrie

  • @craigsmithkiwi hey i work at a child care centre in australia, the kids love ur music was wondering if we could get a sampl cd

  • but how is putting an old joke to music original? if you google wonky donkey, you get the almost-exact-same lyrics in a million joke sites. i won't be buying it, sorry.

  • @carrie ..imo original wording or not, kids & parents still enjoy & benefit so it really matters not. A joke is not the same as an entire book & music, which children can interact with, have fun, & laugh. It also doesn't change the fact that it is a great book & song. It's a shame some kids will miss a great book based on that one (irrelevant!) aspect, i'm afraid your logic is lost on me.

    Anyways, don't be sorry for your decision, maybe just lighten up a little, yikes! Peace

  • @carrieminzoni Broken record - you said that already on another post. Why knock someone who has successfully used a joke to made it into an awesome children's song? If it wasn't a song we may never have heard it. This man is really talented and has brought humour and happiness to loads of kids - I just bought 2 copies so my nieces and nephews don't miss out! Hee HAW

  • @carrieminzoni ..... funny that ALL the links that have been sent to me to PROVE that I copied the internet version were ALL posted after I wrote the song. Are you seriously suggesting I travelled through time ??. How about asking questions of me before attacking !, I think this comment says more about you than it does about me. Craig

  • Oh my goodness. Pure genius! My daughter played this for me... I cannot stop singing it under my breath...

    Lucky i work in an early childhood centre!

    Love it, thanks :)

  • Riccarton market yesterday.... good stuff..!!

  • My little brother jake loves this song so much! he tries to sing it but hes three and sounds a little funny. thankyou

  • i work at a pre-school and the children love love love this song and story, i want to buy the book soon

  • i have watched this everyday.......love it

  • My daughter got this book yesterday. When she played the CD I had tears coming out of my eye by the end! Very clever!

  • OHHHhh I LOVE it, too funny thanks Craig!

  • haha a class at my school did a performance on this and the actually got a suit a boy had to b the donkey most of the older kids were laughing i did to love it lmao

  • that my cosion

  • lolz

  • just bought the LAST book/CD combo out of Manukau PaperPlus. Whitcoulls ran out. Yee Haw.

  • Laugh out loud funny.

  • awsome song, you performed at the school i work at today and for the rest of the afternoon the kids were singing this song constantly!!

  • dedicated to martin "donkey boy" duffy

  • Craig Smith is cool we saw him play in Ferrymead

  • Love it - we have yor cd too!

  • This is really cool. Both our kids love it 3 and 12. First thing Richard did when he came home from meeting you was to come and watch this. Good luck with the up coming show.

    Richard and Natalie Leith

  • F****ing genius!!

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  • lol XD this is so funny

  • i love this song ! congrats you did a great job !!

  • this is a kewl song

  • great video/song 5 stars for you thanks to my friend qsmithp for sharing

  • hehe!

  • Very neat tune and video.

    Peace~~~Rod

  • i am transfixed!! i'm in awe.

    thank you.

    michael

  • Awesome. It's gonna be a classic. Can you please tell me about your guitar? It's very beautiful....

  • I had this guitar custom made for me by the custom shop at Maton guitars... it plays and sounds as good as it looks. My gift to myself.. was not cheap however. Craig

  • Wow tu meke. Well done mate! And congratulations on winning with this song! Cheers

  • This is good-5***** and thanks for sharing qSMITHp

  • oooo catchy song :). wonkey donkey, love it! i'm smiling right now :).

  • Very good children song!

    Great job!

  • Great can't listen without smiling.

  • This is great!!

    5*****

    Thanks to Smith for the share!

  • Amusing imaginative song

  • Terrific!!! *****.

  • Oh thats a good song. Carol x

  • Thank you

  • cute..

  • Interesting song keeps you listening great work Craig awesome about the song of the year.

  • fucking awesome.........it sucks that youve onl got 177 views!

  • this song has just won the nz childrens song of the year !!. cool aye

  • How the hell do you remember all those words and say them so quick. Love it and hey I think I saw that Donkey. Keep em coming and bring back the gollywog-my new catch phrase.

  • this song has just won the nz childrens song of the year !!. cool aye

  • @craigsmithkiwi yep, big congratulations!! :-)

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