Be Kind To Your Web-Footed Friends

(To The Tune Of "The Stars & Stripes Forever")

Words & Music:

Traditional & John Philip Sousa

 

C

Be kind to your web-footed friends.

                             G7

For a duck may be somebody's mother.

G7

They live at the bottom of the swamp,

          C          F        G7

Where the weather is cold and damp.

          C

Well, you may think that this is the end.

C                  F                  Dm   Am

Yes, it is, but to prove that you are wrong,

      Cdim                   C

We're going to sing it once again,

C                                          G7 C

Oh, yes we will, but it will be just a bit louder!

 

Be kind to your web-footed friends.

For a duck may be somebody's mother.

They live at the bottom of the swamp,

Where the weather is cold and damp.

You may think that this is the end.

Well, it is.  You are right!  So, just remember:

Be kind to your web-footed friends!

Be ever kind, yes, oh, so kind to all the duckies!

 

The provenance of the attached easy arrangement is unknown.  It is part of a collection that people gave me over the years.  Please inform me if correctly attribute it.