{"id":24861,"date":"2024-08-26T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T08:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=24861"},"modified":"2025-03-29T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:04:16","slug":"feeding-the-ducks-on-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/feeding-the-ducks-on-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding the ducks on the pond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1919<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Frank Leo<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN25938<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Jack Pleasants<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Keeping Family ; England : Lambeth ; 1930s-50s
Hall, Gordon ; England : Sussex ; 1989<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Feeding the ducks on the pond<\/strong>

Every chap has a hobby,
Every chap has a sport;
I've lately thought of a new one,
That nobody else ever thought.
You'd never catch me at football,
Cricket was never my mark;
You'd never find me at tennis or golf, 
But you'll often find me in the park.

Feeding the ducks on the pond, [Quack! Quack!]
Feeding the ducks on the pond, [Quack! Quack!]
It's a great art feeding the ducks, I declare
Watching that no duck gets more than its share.\t
It's more exciting to me
Than when I was out there at Mons;
When the ducks all all fed
I run home for more bread, 
Then I go back and feed all the swans.<\/em>

Some fellers keep fit with dumbbells, 
Some of club-swinging are fond;
My exercise is as good, though,
Throwing breadcrumbs on the pond. 
I exercise my muscles 
Out in the fresh morning air;
I never need any doctors round me, 
Though I get a few quacks when I'm there.

I found\ta girl there one morning,
She came again the next day;
When I said \"What's the attraction?\" 
She said, \" Well, if must say,
I find the green grass is soothing,
I'm fond of every green tree;
Tell you the truth, I love anything green,\" 
Then I thought p'raps that she might love me.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A hit for Jack Pleasants<\/a> whose stage character was a shy, gentle Northerner. Available for purchase on the Windyridge CD or download –  Jack Pleasants: I’m Shy Mary Ellen I’m shy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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