The Little Man and the Little Duck

X: 82
T: The Little Man and the Little Duck
C: Old English.
%R: air, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: C
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w: 1.~There was a lit-tle man and he had a lit-tle gun,        And its
w: 2.~He car-ried it* home to his old* wife* Joan,             And he
w: 3.~The drake was swim-ming by with his lit-tle cur-ly tail, And the
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w: bul-lets were* made* of* lead, lead, lead;  He* went* to the brook and he
w: bade* her a fire* to* make, make, make,     To* roast the lit-tle duck he had
w: lit-tle man* made* it his mark, mark, mark; He let off his lit-tle gun, but he
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w: saw a lit-tle duck,  And he shot* it* thru* the* head, head head.
w: shot* in the brook,  And he'd go* and* fetch* the* drake, drake, drake.
w: fired* it too soon,  For the drake* flew* off* with a "quack, quack, quack!"
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/EverydaySongBook2/0168