| Lyrics: | THE GOOEY DUCK SONG
by Ron Konzak and Jerry and Judy Elfendahl.
c.1972
You can hear the diggers say, as they're headed for the bay,
Oh I gotta
dig a duck, gotta dig a duck a day,
'Cause I get a buck a duck, if I dig a duck a day,
So I gotta dig a duck, gotta dig a duck a day.
Chorus:
Dig a duck, dig a
duck,
Dig a gooey duck
Dig a duck, dig a gooey duck,
Dig a duck a
day.
Oh it takes a lotta of luck, and a certain kinda pluck
For to dig around
the muck, for to get a gooey duck.
For he doesn't have a front and he doesn't have a
back,
And he doesn't know Donald, and he doesn't go quack!
As they walk across
the sand, nearly half a mile from land,
For to dig a gooey duck, for to dig them out by
hand,
Oh it isn't any trouble and it doesn't take a shovel,
To find a gooey duck by
looking for the bubble.
(sing out says repeat first verse, to chorus)
from Bob Walser, who got it from Martha Burns, who I heard sing it at
Indian Neck,
1983. Third verse comes from them and was not printed in the Sing-Out
version.
Gooey ducks (Geoduck) are large "obscene" clams found in the
pacific Northwest, said to
be 8"-10" across the shell. martha said the song is from tourist items in
the Pacific
NW, with 45rpm record and coloring books.
it was printed in sing-out magazine with
this comments:
A geoduck (pronounced "gooey-duck") is a giant clam, the
world's largest
burrowing bivalve, often attaining a weight of
ten pounds. The "Gooey Duck" song was written
by harpmaker-
storyteller Ron Konzak of Washington State along with Judy and
Jerry
Elfendahl. Jerry is a diver who is part of a new industry
that harvests the geoduck
commercially in the Pacific Northwest.
The song has been released as single and is available
through
Acme Music (6490 Ada's Will lane NE, Bainbridge Island, WA
98110). By the way, Ron
tells us it's a hit in Japan.
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