The Wind in the Willows (1984)
Music: Keith Hopwood, Malcolm Rowe
Lyrics: Artist Unknown
Ducks' Ditty
All along the backwater, through the rushes tall
Ducks are a-dabbling
Up tails all!
Ducks' tails, drakes' tails
Yellow feet a-quiver
Yellow bills all out of site
Busy in the river!
Slushy green undergrowth
Where the perch swim-
Here we keep our parlor
Cool and full and dim
Everyone for what he likes!
We like to be
Heads down, tails up
Dabbling free!
High in the blue above
Swallows whirl and call-
And we're down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
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Mr. Toad
The world has held great heroes
As history books have showed
But never a name has gone down to fame
Compared with that of Toad!
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there's to be knowed
But none of them know half as much
As intelligent Mr. Toad!
The animals sat in the Ark and cried
Their tears in torrents flowed
Who was it said, "There's land ahead?"
Encouraging Mr. Toad!
The army all saluted
As they marched along the road
Was it the King? Or Emperor?
No, it was Mr. Toad
The Queen and all her Ladies
Sat at the window and sewed
She cried, "Look! Who's that handsome man?"
They answered, "Mr. Toad"
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When the Toad Came Home
When the Toad came home
There was panic in the parlor and a pounding in the hall
There was crying in the cow-sheds and shrieking in the stalls
When the Toad came home
When the Toad came home
When the Toad came home
There was smashing in of window and crashing in of door
There was chiveying of weasels that fainted on the floor
When the Toad came home
When the Toad came home
Bang! go the drums!
The trumpeters are tooting and the soldiers are saluting
The cannons they are shooting and the motor cars are hooting
When the Toad came home
When the Toad came home
Shout! Shout Hoo-ray!
And let each one of the crowd try and shout it very loud
In honor of an animal for whom you're justly proud
When the Toad came home
When the Toad came home!
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