Ducklings:
LOOK AT HIM!
Ida:
NOW THEN, CHILDREN, LET'S NOT MAKE A FUSS
Ducklings & Drake:
LOOK AT HIM!
Drake:
ARE YOU SURE HE'S REALLY ONE OF US?
Ida:
FAMILY LIKENESS ISN'T STRONG
STILL YOU WON'T POKE FUN
ALL OF YOU MUST GET ALONG
HE’S A SPECIAL SON
(Come along, all of you now. Follow me. But stay close to me
at all times or you may get trodden on...and beware of the cat!)
Ducklings:
LOOK AT HIM
LEGS ARE BANDY AND THE KNEES ARE KNOCKED
LOOK AT HIM
Billy:
DAD WAS OBVIOUSLY EGG-SHELL-SHOCKED!
Ducklings:
BET THE NEIGHBORS SCREAM AND HOWL
WHEN THEY SEE OUR BROOD
HE'S THE FOULEST WATERFOWL
Ugly:
WHY ARE YOU SO RUDE?
Downy:
OOOH, TOUCHY!
Ida:
(Hello, Maureen.)
Maureen:
(Hello, Ida. Hello Drake. What a splendid brood! Did the big
egg hatch out alrigh…? Wah!!)
LOOK AT HIM!
COME ON, IDA, TELL ME WHAT WENT WRONG?
LOOK AT HIM!
DID YOU LEAVE HIM IN THE EGG TOO LONG?
Ida:
I ADMIRE YOU FOR YOUR PLUCK
STRICTLY "ENTRE NOUS"
HE MAY BE NO PIN-UP DUCK...
(Neither, dear, are you.)
Maureen:
(Well! I must be going! I heard the children from the
farmhouse are throwing French bread into the water. Sounds "tres
chic." I don't want to miss out.)
Ugly:
LOOK AT YOU, LOOK AT ME, WHAT’S IT MATTER?
Downy:
(Isn't it obvious?)
Ugly:
WHY DO I MAKE YOU ALL LAUGH AND SCOFF?
Beaky:
(Have you seen your reflection?)
Ugly:
WHY DON'T WE PLAY WITH THE FISHES?
Ducklings:
BECAUSE YOU'D SCARE THEM OFF!
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah
Drake:
LOOK AT HIM
YOU ADMIT HE IS A BIT EXTREME?
Ducklings:
NOW OUR PARENTS WILL START QUIBBLING.
Ida:
LOOK AT HIM
JUST A VARIATION ON A THEME
Ducklings:
HE'S A TRULY UGLY SIBLING
Ida:
I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY SON
LEFT OUT ON A LIMB
WHY IS IT THAT EVERYONE HAS TO JEER?
Drake:
THERE'S YOUR ANSWER, DEAR...
All:
LOOK AT HIM!
Henrietta:
PECK, PECK, PECK, PECK!
I HATE TO BE PICKY
BUT THE DUCK –PECK, PECK–
LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DICKEY!
LOOK AT HIM –SQUAWK!–
DID YOU EVER SEE A PIG WITH WINGS?
LOOK AT HIM –SQUAWK!–
DON’T GENETICS DO THE STRANGEST THINGS?
THOUGH THE THOUGHT MAY NOT APPEAL
BREAK THE TIES THAT BIND
IF YOU GAVE THE CAT A MEAL...
NOBODY WOULD MIND
Turkey:
(Line up everyone. Short ones at the front.)
LOOK AT HIM
HE’S AN UGLY ONE, THERE IS NO DOUBT
LOOK AT HIM
DOES HE HAVE HIS GIBLETS INSIDE OUT?
WHAT ELSE WOULD EXPLAIN HIS LOOKS
BEING QUITE SO ROUGH?
HOW ON EARTH WOULD GOURMET COOKS
KNOW WHICH END TO STUFF?!
All:
LOOK AT HIM, LOOK AT US
SEE THE DIFFERENCE
LOOK AT HIM, LOOK AT US
WHERE’S THE MATCH?
Turkey & Henrietta:
SOMETIMES WE FIND IT IS KINDER
IF SOME EGGS NEVER HATCH
Cat:
(Now, that’s what I call a snack.)
LOOK AT HIM!
STILL A DUCKLING BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
LOOK AT HIM!
FINEST CAT FOOD THAT I EVER SAW
BETTER STILL HE WON'T BE MISSED
THEY THINK HE'S A FLOP
MAYBE THEY'LL LET ME ASSIST
GIVING HIM THE CHOP!
Turkey:
(Now, in a moment you will be presented to her Grace, the
most distinguished duck on the lake. She was once paired with a Mandarin. And you
will notice she has a red band of cloth round her leg. That is the greatest
distinction a duck can enjoy. It means that she is looked up to by both men and
animals.)
Ida:
(Now, don’t turn your toes in, just bow your head politely
and say ‘Quack’.)
Ducklings
[individually]:
(Wah.)
(Wah.)
(Wah.)
(Wah.)
Ugly:
(Honk!)
Ducklings:
LOOK AT HIM
NOW HE'S RUINING OUR PHOTOGRAPH
Ida:
JUST IMAGINE HOW HE'S FEELING
Grace:
LOOK AT HIM
MOTHER NATURE MUST HAVE HAD A LAUGH
Ida:
IN A WAY HE'S QUITE APPEALING
Drake/Turkey/Maureen/Henrietta:
LOOK AT HIM
Ducklings: Grace:
LOOK AT HIM
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA A RELATION ONE SHOULD SEVER
Drake/Turkey/Maureen/Henrietta:
A RELATION ONE SHOULD SEVER
Ducklings:
LOOK AT HIM!
Drake/Turkey/Maureen/Henrietta:
LOOK AT HIM!
Ducklings:
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
All:
HE’S GAWKY IN WHATEVER HE
DOES
OH, HE REALLY IS AN UGLY OISEAU
Ida:
HE'S MY SON AND I LOVE HIM
DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE? YOU'RE TO BLAME
THIS DUCK YARD WOULD BE SO BORING
IF WE ALL LOOKED THE SAME
[All react scornfully-
gobble, quack, squawk…]
Drake/Turkey/Maureen/Hen/
Grace (Group A):
LOOK AT HIM
Ducklings:
LOOK AT HIM
Group A:
AND BE THANKFUL THAT HE'S NOT YOUR KID
Ducklings:
BUT WE’VE GOT HIM AS A BROTHER
Group A:
LOOK AT HIM
Ducklings:
LOOK AT HIM
Group A:
BOUND TO GO THE WAY THE DODO DID
Ducklings:
AND HE’S WORSE THAN ANY OTHER
Group A:
BODYWORK DESIGNED TO SHOCK
Ducklings:
LA LA LA LA LA
Group A:
PROSPECTS PRETTY DIM
Ducklings:
LA LA LA LA LA
Group A:
HE SHOULD FORM A SOLO FLOCK
Group A &
Ducklings: Cat:
LOOK AT HIM LOOK
LOOK AT ME AT
HIM
LOOK AT YOU LITTLE
THING
YOU'LL AGREE
ANYWHERE YOU LOOK WILL BE LESS GRIM HIS NECK JUST MADE TO WRING
THAN A GLIMPSE OF THIS WIMP OF WIMPS...
All:
LOOK AT HIM!
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