"Five Little Ducks" is a classic children's song. This song is primarily sung by Murray, accompanied by Captain Feathersword. The song is well known for a gag in its live performances where Captain gets emotional when none of the ducks come back. The song debuted on the Wake Up Jeff! album. It was also featured on the 1998 Wiggle Time! video as a concert clip from the 1997 Big Show.
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Lyrics[]
English[]
Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Father duck said quack, quack, quack, quack
But only four little ducks came back
Four little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Father duck said quack, quack, quack, quack
But only three little ducks came back
Three little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Father duck said quack, quack, quack, quack
But only two little ducks came back
Two little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Father duck said quack, quack, quack, quack
But only one little duck came back
One little duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Father duck said quack, quack, quack, quack
But none of the five little ducks came back
Oh, dear. That made father duck really sad.
Yeah.
So, he went looking for the Five Little Ducks.
Yeah.
Old father duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Father duck said quack, quack, quack, quack
And all of the five little ducks came back
Español (Cinco Patitos)[]
Cinco patitos fueron a pasear
Por la montaña y más allá
Papa patito dijo, "Cuac, cuac, cuac"
Solo cuatro patitos volvieron a dar
Cuatro patitos fueron a pasear
Por la montaña y más allá
Papa patito dijo, "Cuac, cuac, cuac"
Solo tres patitos volvieron a dar
Tres patitos fueron a pasear
Por la montaña y más allá
Papa patito dijo, "Cuac, cuac, cuac"
Solo dos patitos volvieron a dar
Dos patitos fueron a pasear
Por la montaña y más allá
Papa patito dijo, "Cuac, cuac, cuac"
Solo cuatro patitos volvieron a dar
Un patito salio a pasear
Por la montaña y más allá
Papa patito dijo, "Cuac, cuac, cuac"
Pero no ___________
"Ah, caray. Papa pato se puso muy triste.
Entonces, se fue a buscar a sus patitos."
El papa patito veo a buscar
Por la montaña y más allá
Papa patito dijo, "Cuac, cuac, cuac"
Y los cinco patitos volvieron a dar
The Taiwanese Wiggles[]
有一天，五隻小鴨子都出去了 越過山丘和遠方 鴨爸爸說嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎 但只有四隻小鴨子回來了
有一天，四隻小鴨子都出去了 越過山丘和遠方 鴨爸爸說嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎 但只有三隻小鴨子回來了
有一天，三隻小鴨子出去了 越過山丘和遠方 鴨爸爸說嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎 但只有兩隻小鴨子回來了
有一天，兩隻小鴨子都出去了 越過山丘和遠方 鴨爸爸說嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎 但只有一隻小鴨子回來了
有一天，一隻小鴨子出去了 越過山丘和遠方 鴨爸爸說嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎 但五隻小鴨子都沒有回來
哦親愛的。這讓鴨爸爸非常傷心。
是的。
於是，他去找五隻小鴨子。
是的。
有一天，老鴨爸爸出去了 越過山丘和遠方 鴨爸爸說嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎，嘎嘎 五隻小鴨子都回來了
Song Credits[]
Traditional/Arranged by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, and Greg Page, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd, previously published by EMI Music.
Emma's Bowtiful Day![]
Traditional/Arranged by Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Paul Paddick, Simon Pryce, and Emma Watkins, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd.
Wiggly Nursery Rhymes[]
Trad. Arr. Anthony Field, Alex Keller, Dominic Lindsay, Simon Pryce, Victor Valdes (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
Ready, Steady, Wiggle![]
Traditional/Arranged by Anthony Field, Alex Keller, John Pearce, Simon Pryce (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
Trivia[]
- Murray is the only Wiggle who appears in the 2006 video.
- The 1996, Taiwanese and Latin American versions play in C whereas most other versions in D, the 2022 version in G, and the 2023 version in A.
- On Xuxa's album and video "Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos", the Brazilian version is called Cinco Patinhos.
- The first time Captain Feathersword did not cry during this song was in Racing to the Rainbow.
- When this song is performed nowadays, it is called Three Little Ducks. Unlike the original, Lachy and Captain Feathersword now perform it while standing up and Captain Feathersword doesn't cry during the song, because he's playing Father Duck (the three little ducks are played by Oliver, Simon and Anthony).
- In the 2006 Mandarin and Latin American Animations, 2020 Live from Hot Potato Studios and 2022 Wiggly Nursery Rhymes versions, Captain Feathersword was absent.
- When the OG Wiggles did this song at their concerts, Murray and Captain Feathersword sang it while sitting down, while Jeff was on the Keyboard, Anthony was on the Blue/Red Electric or Acoustic Guitar (by Takamine and Maton) and Greg was on the Violin Bass (by Höfner) or the Electric Bass (mostly by Fender). In Wiggly Safari Tour, Greg and Anthony swap roles playing the Acoustic Guitar and Bass Guitar and in Wiggly Party: Live in Concert, Ryan De Saulnier was on Jeff's Purple Electric Guitar (by Maton).
- Unlike The Wiggles' other songs, Murray Cook did the lead vocals on this song, instead of Greg Page, even in case they have Sam Moran filling in for Greg, starting at a 2003 American Show in Santa Barbara, when Greg's mother-in-law, Jane Hill died.
- It's rumored that the song was on the unreleased version of Wake Up Jeff.
- This is one of the very few songs where Greg played the bass guitar or acoustic guitar instead of singing the song.
- The Father Duck costume from the 1997 live version was later used for "El Pato" in Cold Spaghetti Western.
- The part where (in concert versions) Captain Feathersword being sad in the middle and becoming happy again at the end also happened in the song "Vegetable Soup".
- Several versions of the song were uploaded to YouTube:
- The Bushfire Relief show on January 17, 2022
- The Wiggly Nursery Rhymes version on June 27, 2022
- A version sung by Tsehay on June 10, 2023
Performances/Appearances[]
Video[]
- Wiggle Time! (1998) (bonus clip from The Wiggles Big Show)
- Racing to the Rainbow
- Furry Tales
Audio[]
- Wake Up Jeff!
- It's Time to Wake Up Jeff
- Racing to the Rainbow
- Karaoke Songs 2
- Furry Tales
- Ready, Steady, Wiggle!
- The Best Of The Wiggles (2023 album)
Episode Appearances[]
The Wiggles Show![]
11-minute versions[]
- Episode 24 (Mandarin Wiggles)
- Episode 47 (Mandarin Wiggles)
22-minute versions[]
- Hola Todos! (Mandarin Wiggles)
- The Baby Crocodile (Mandarin Wiggles)
The Wiggles Show! (Latin America)[]
- Episodio 11 (Wiggly Animation)
Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 1)[]
The Wiggles' World![]
- Little, Little, Little Lord Fauntleroy (concert)
Live from Hot Potato Studios[]
Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 4)[]
Wiggle and Learn (2024 YouTube Series)[]
Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 6)[]
Live Appearances[]
- Big Red Car Tour, 1995-1996
- The Wiggles 1997 Tour, 1997
- The Wiggles Big Show, 1997
- The Wiggles 1998 Tour, 1998
- The Wiggly Big Show Tour, 1999
- It's a Wiggly Wiggly World UK Tour, 2000-2001
- Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show, 2000
- The Wiggles at Wonderland, Sydney, 2001
- The Wiggles' 10th Birthday Tour, 2001-2002
- Wiggly Party: Live in Concert, 2001
- Wiggly Safari Show, 2002
- North American Tour, 2002-2003
- Wiggly Safari Tour, 2003
- The Wiggles Live In Concert, 2003
- The Celebration Tour! (Canadian), 2012
- Christmas Celebration Tour!, 2012
- The Wiggles' Wiggly Songtime! Show, 2012
- Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! Tour (Canadian), 2018
- Wiggle Pop! Big Show, 2018
- Wiggle Fun Tour!, 2019
- Party Time Big Show, 2019
- The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bush Fire Relief, 2020
- The OG Wiggles Reunion Tour!, 2022
- Hello! We're The Wiggles In Concert, 2023
- Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Tour! (2023 tour), 2023
- The OG Wiggles Reunion for Heart of the Nation, 2023
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