The green-winged teal is both cute and fat
And likes to seek food upon a mudflat.
He is known to eat a stem or a seed.
When he eats maggots, should I intercede?
Ducks are birds
which live in herds
They like their yellow beaks
which sneaks and seeks
Some are so white
they are beautiful in our sight
Some are brown
Like a dusty town
Some do not deal
With a green winged teal
Some ducks need a fan
To cool their wings that are colored in tan
There are many ducks
Who have twenty bucks
But there is a rich duck named Sam
who owns a dam
Let’s take Sam
And give him bread and jam
And go with him to see the Dam
Benedict
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