After fourteen years I left the sea, for a life upon a lake After all the storms I'd seen, I needed a good break I thought still waters would mean peace for me But that was a mistake For the place I chose was bedevilled by a giant, evil drake
A mallard of such malice, twice the size of any man A bill to give you nightmares and a monsterous wingspan You cannot hope to fight it, so avoid him if you can That terrifying waterfoul, the beast beyond the dam
Row-ho, row-ho, row with all our might Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight Row-ho, row-ho, and with any luck We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck
I'm not one for surrender, so a vengeful oath I swore I gathered up me hearties like so many times before We shod our ship with weapons and prepared to go to war till the fetid, feathered, fearsome flying duck will breathe no more
Row-ho, row-ho, row with all our might Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight Row-ho, row-ho and with any luck We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck
There was Bonnie brave Marie who to her arms had waved goodbye And handsome Jack whose duck-attack left him without an eye The Darby twins with one leg each on deck were standing by Only a couple dozen limbs between a crew of twenty-five
Row-ho, row-ho, row with all our might Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight Row-ho, row-ho and with any luck We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck
The fight raged on for several hours, defend and then attack With beatings from those wicked wings our boat began to crack The beast reared up to finish the job and with a mighty quack (Quack) I rammed my harpoon in his throat and made a tasty snack
Row-ho, row-ho, row us back to shore We'll drag his broken body back and roast it on an oar Row-ho, row-ho, barbecue the beast with hoisin sauce and pancakes We will have the biggest feast
Oh, row-ho, row-ho, row with all our might We rowed with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight Row-ho, row-ho, row we had all the luck We won the day and did away the dreaded Moby Duck We won the day and did away the dreaded Moby Duck! (Quack)
Compositor: David Robinson / Anna Cornish / Andrew Robert Yates / Jonathan Michael Peter Darley / Robert James Alexander Sattin