TATTLE-TALE DUCK 
(Bob Merril)(1953)

Sammy Kaye


The tattle tale, tattle tale, tattle tale duck
The tattle tale, tattle tale, tattle tale duck
She'll tell on me, she'll tell on you
And add a little to the story, too!
The tattle tale, tattle tale quacketty quack
She waggles in front and she wiggles in back
Oh just look out, you're out of luck
If you get caught by the tattle tale duck.

the rooster just dropped in to "Joe's"
To say "hello" to boys he knows,
But here is the story that came back
According to old quack quack quack
'Twere sixteen blondes and ten brunettes
The kind don't care how late it gets
They danced all night and she'll insist
She counted ev'ry blonde the rooster kissed.

Now when the rooster did come in
His hen picked up her rolling pin;
The duck had called her on the phone,
It almost wrecked their happy home
So, if you steal a kiss or two
The pigs won't squeal, the cow's won't moo
There ain't a rooster's gonna cluck
But please be careful of the tattle-tale duck.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - April 2005)