Pretty Little Duck, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer enjoys farm life and the calls of the animals. "Quack quack cried the pretty little duck Chick chick cried the swan oh But the old crock crows, -- Everybody noos That we'll all get a egg in the morning"
AUTHOR: Harry Linn (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Greig/Duncan8); FolkSongAndMusicHall suggests 1878 for the original date
KEYWORDS: home farming bird food
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "EGGS FOR YOUR BREAKFAST"
Greig/Duncan8 1667, "The Pretty Little Duck" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Eggs for your breakfast in the morning"
Roud #1752
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Green Woods o' Airlie" (tune, per Greig/Duncan8)
File: Grd81667

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