My sister and I made it a goal of ours to visit all of the places mentioned in Donkey Riding, but can't figure out which Cape Horn the song is referring to. Is there a Cape Horn somewhere in the Maritimes? Thanks!

Far as I know, it's the Cape Horn at the tip of South America.

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I thought the placenames changed depending on the location of the concert, so that could be a lofty goal.

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Bring on the clowns, the jokers and buffoons
I've had the time of my life,
the life of my time in the company of fools.

Donkey Riding"

[Chorus:]

Way hey and away we go
Donkey riding, donkey riding
Way hey and away we go
Ridin' on a donkey.

Was you ever in Quebec
Launchin' timber on the deck?
Where ya break yer bleedin' neck
Ridin' on a donkey!

[Chorus]

Was you ever 'round Cape Horn
Where the weather's never warm?
Wished to God you'd never been born
Ridin' on a donkey.

[Chorus]

Was you ever in Miramichi
Where ye tie up to a tree,
An' the girls sit on yer knee?
Ridin' on a donkey

[Chorus]

Was you ever in Fortune Bay
See the girls all shout, "Hooray!"?
"Here comes dad with ten weeks pay
Riding on a donkey."

[Chorus]

Was you ever in London-town
See the King he does come down?
See the King in his golden crown
Riding on a donkey

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Interesting.....enjoy your trips....have fun exploring all these places!

Sean sang "were you ever in New York City where the girls they are so pretty" when they played the Bowery Ballroom. Ya comin' ?

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(I'll ride THAT donkey..hrrrruuuuummmppphhh lol!) oh sorry

As with many folk songs and shanties there are different versions, some just a line or two different, some distant cousins. I know I have seen the lyrics "Was you ever in Mobile Bay, Screwing (Loading) Cotton all the day..."

Cape Horn is The Southern Tip of South America, surrounded notoriously cold & treacherous waters the whaling fleets had to brave to get to the Pacific hunting grounds.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/capehorn.htm

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I always did want to see the color of the mountains on the Horn end of South America......I bet its a great place to grow wine....lol

Cape Horn is in Southern Chile and is very very very far south.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn

Climate

The climate in the region is generally cool, owing to the southern latitude. There are no weather stations in the group of islands including Cape Horn; however, a study in 1882–1883 found an annual rainfall of 1,357 millimetres (53.42 in), with an average annual temperature of 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). Winds were reported to average 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph), with squalls of over 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) occurring in all seasons.^[9]

 

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I have seen that in the sheltered copses the ground is dry and mixed with a arcid soil very pourus, and muti colored, if you have enough shelter black grapes can be grown there and produce great hardy wines. The senery seems to be fantastic, and I'd love to ride along the mountain passes in a good week of weather. I'd not want the donkey ass after affect though.