AS A DUCK WHENYOU'RE STUCK SAT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR NEST THEN AT BEST YOU GET BORED... THERE GOES DRAKE ON THE LAKE I CAN SEE HIM THROUGH THE RUSHES ALL THE TIME FEELING I'M JUST IGNORED I DON'T PRETEND THAT THIS IS ALL HIS DOING I'M A SUCKER FOR THE BILLING AND THE COOING BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT PITTER PATTER OF TINY FEET IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG I'VE HAD TO SIT HERE MINDING MY BROOD THOSE LITTLE HEADS SO SOFT AND DOWNY THEIR BABY BODS ALL GOLDEN DOWNY THEIR BEAKS CONSTANLY OPEN WAITING FOR FOOD IT'S THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD THOSE LITTLE DUCKLINGS WALKING ROUND IN A LINE I'LL DO WHAT ANY OTHER MOTHER WOULD TO TRY TO DO MY BEST AT BRINGING UP MINE IT'S THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD THOSE LITTLE PERKS THAT MAKE IT ALL SEEM WORTHWHILE I'LL DO WHAT ANY OTHER MOTHER WOULD TO GET MY DUCKS DECKED OUT AND LIVING IN STLYE (Maureen enters. Dialogue until line "Why do we put ourselves through it?) Maureen: 'COS WHEN YOU HEAR THAT DIBBLE DABBLE YOU'RE PROUD TO SAY "HEY THAT'S MY RABBLE" THEN WATCH THEIR MAIDEN VOYAGE OUT FROM THE BANK Ida: LIKE CHAMPAGNE CORKS YOU'LL SEE THE BOBBING Maureen: ACCOMPANIED BY MOTHERS SOBBING Both: RELIEVED, THANKS BY TO NATURE NOBODY SANK IT'S THE JOY... Maureen: Oh, prepare yourself, Ida (They are interrupted as the eggs begin to hatch) Ida: IT'S THE JOY Both: IT'S THE JOY Ida: IT'S THE JOY Maureen: JOY Ida: JOY Maureen: JOY Ida: JOY Both: IT'S THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD THOSE LITTLE PERKS THAT MAKE IT ALL SEEM WORTHWHILE I'LL DO WHAT ANY OTHER MOTHER WOULD Ida: TO GET MY DUCKS DECKED OUT AND LIVING IN STYLE Maureen: TO GET THOSE DUCKS DECKED OUT AND LIVING Ida: TO GET MY DUCKS DECKED OUT AND LIVING Both: IN STYLE
