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No. 2: Song of the Duck

Bobinet and Chorus

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BOBINET: I know a little farmyard nicely stocked,
But the churlish farmer keeps it locked;
    And the way that I go, when I pay a call
Is over the top of the farmyard wall.
      So I climbed to the top,
And down with a flop,
    And into the yard, you see;
      When bow-wow-wow
Gr-r-row, row,
    A dog looked out at me!
  "Dilly, dilly, dilly," said I to the duck,
    But she would not come — not she! not she!
  And as I went after the duck, bad luck,
    The dog came after me!
           
CHORUS:
 "Dilly, dilly, dilly," said he to the duck,
    But the dog looked fierce, fierce and grim,
  And as he went after the duck, bad luck,
    The dog came after him!

BOBINET: Then away went the duck, and away went I,
Under the gate, and into the sty,
    Till splash! in the pond, with a quack she fell,
And splash! in the pond went I as well.
      It was green with weed,
Very green indeed,
    And it's left me much as you see:
      But I stuck to my duck
With considerable pluck,
    Though the dog had stuck to me!
  "Dilly, dilly, dilly," it's a very fine duck,
    And so he ought to be, to be!
  For though I have all, all of the duck, bad luck,
    The dog has part of me!
           
CHORUS:
 "Dilly, dilly, dilly," it's a very fine duck,
    And fine and sound in wind and limb;
  But though he has all, all of the duck, bad luck,
    The dog has part of him!
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