THE DUCKS" DITTy
All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all!
Ducks" tails, drakes" tails, Yellow feet a-quiver, Yellow bills all out of sightBusy in the river.
Every one for what he likes!
We" d like to be Heads down, tails up,
Dabbling free.
High in the blue above, Swifts whirl and call -We are down a-dabbling, Up tails all!
-KENNETH GRAHAME