Tom T. Hall - The Duck And The Rooster lyrics

(Tom T. Hall) It'd take me a minute to tell you this rhyme Of the duck and the rooster that I knew one time A little duck hatched out a day or two late His mama had already gone to the lake. The little red rooster had broken his foot So I put him into a little ole coop The little white duck was left out on his own So I put them together until they were grown. Well, the duck thought the rooster was limping and lame The rooster believed that the duck was the same And so they were pals in the coop in the barn They huddled together when it came a storm. Well, the weeks they went by and the little guys grew The little duck quacked and the rooster co*ky dooed The duck loved the water and the rooster would scratch And neither one knew why they acted like that. --- Instrumental --- Well, one day I turned them both free on the farm The rooster went straight to a roost in the barn The little duck went to the lake for a swim They liked different things even though they were friends. Well, now you should hear them when they say hello Though it may sound funny I know that it is so I know that is strange but I'll tell you it's true When they talk they go quacky doodle do...