By now Boswell had a publishing contract with Chappell and wrote songs for them through the 1960s including Matt Monro 's '' I 'll Know Her '' and Ricky Valance 's '' Why Ca n't We '' . The latter ( Valance 's follow up to '' Tell Laura I Love Her '' ) came third in 1961 's '' A Song For Europe '' . Boswell wrote the second placed song too , '' Suddenly I 'm in Love '' sung by Steve Arlen , which fell one vote short of representing the UK at 1961 's '' Eurovision Song Contest '' . Meanwhile , '' Little Donkey '' was steadily re-recorded by artists as diverse as Vera Lynn , Don Estelle , St Winifred 's School Choir and in later decades Aled Jones , Patti Page , Camera Obscura ( who performed the song as part of a John Peel Session ) and Cerys Matthews
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Eric Boswell (songwriter)