Moby Duck

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After fourteen years I left the sea, for a life upon a lake
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After all the storms I'd seen, I needed a good break
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I thought still waters would mean peace for me
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But that was a mistake
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For the place I chose was bedeviled by a giant evil drake


[Verse 2]
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A mallard of such malice, twice the size of any man
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A bill to give you nightmares and a monstrous wingspan
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You cannot hope to fight it so avoid him if you can
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That terrifying waterfowl, the beast beyond the dam


[Chorus]
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Row-ho Row-ho Row with all our might
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Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight
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Row-ho Row-ho and with any luck
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We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck


[Verse 3]
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I'm not one for surrender so a vengeful oath I swore
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I gathered up me hearties like so many times before
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We shod our ship with weapons and prepared to go to war
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'Til the fetid feathered fearsome flying duck will breathe no more


[Chorus]
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Row-ho Row-ho Row with all our might
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Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight
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Row-ho Row-ho and with any luck
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We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck


[Verse 4]
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There was bonnie brave Marie, who to her arms had waved goodbye
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And handsome Jack whose duck-attack left him without an eye
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The Derby twins with one leg each on deck were standing by
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Only a couple dozen limbs between a crew of twenty-five


[Chorus]
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Row-ho Row-ho Row with all our might
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Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight
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Row-ho Row-ho and with any luck
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We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck


[Verse 5]
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The fight raged on for several hours, defend and then attack
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With beatings from those wicked wings our boat began to crack
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The beast reared up to finish the job, and with a mighty quack...

(quack)

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I rammed my harpoon in his throat and made a tasty snack


[Chorus]
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Row-ho Row-ho Row us back to shore
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We'll drag his broken body back and roast it on an oar
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Row-ho Row-ho barbecue the beast, with hoisin sauce and pancakes
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We will have the biggest feast

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Row-ho Row-ho Row with all our might
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We rowed with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight
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Row-ho Row-ho Row we had all the luck
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We won the day and did away the dreaded Moby Duck
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We won the day and did away the dreaded Moby Duck!