Come Little Ducklings....

Subject: Come Little Ducklings....
From: Joe Offer
Date: 12 Nov 20 - 12:06 AM

Heard at a singaround tonight. Anybody have the rest?

“Cry dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly come and be killed
             For you must be stuffed and the customers filled”.

from the Baby's Opera
(sung by Wendy Silk)

Subject: RE: Come Little Ducklings....
From: Monique
Date: 12 Nov 20 - 01:20 AM

Yes, we have it at Mama Lisa's World:

Oh, What Have You Got for Dinner, Mrs. Bond?

"Oh, what have you got for dinner, Mrs. Bond?"
"There's beef in the larder, and ducks in the pond;"
"Dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come to be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!"

"John Ostler, go fetch me a duckling or two,
John Ostler go fetch me a duckling or two;
Cry dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled!"

"I have been to the ducks that are swimming in the pond,
And they won't come to be killed, Mrs. Bond;"
I cried, "Dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuffed, and the customers filled!"

Mrs. Bond she went down to the pond in a rage,
With plenty of onions, and plenty of sage;
She cried, "Come, little wag-tails, come, and be killed.
For you shall be stuffed, and my customers filled!"

Subject: RE: Come Little Ducklings....
From: Monique
Date: 12 Nov 20 - 01:26 AM

It's on this Mudcat post too in a thread about ducks and geese.

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Thread #86383   Message #3996806
Posted By: Ged Fox
17-Jun-19 - 01:52 PM
Thread Name: Songs about ducks and geese
Subject: RE: Songs about ducks and geese

"Mrs Bond" as printed in "The Puffin Song Book", compiled by Leslie Woodgate, circa 1956.

'Oh, what have you got for dinner Mrs Bond?'
'There's beef in the larder and ducks in the pond.
Dilly dilly, dilly dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuff'd and my customers filled.'

'John Ostler, go, fetch me a duckling or two;
John Ostler, go, fetch me a duckling or two;
Cry dilly dilly, dilly dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuff'd and my customers filled.'

'I have been to the ducks that are swimming in the pond,
And they won't come in to be killed, Mrs Bond;
I cried dilly dilly, dilly dilly, come and be killed,
For you must be stuff'd and the customers filled.'

Mrs Bond she went down to the pond in a rage,
With plenty of onions and plenty of sage;
She cried, 'Come, little wag-tails, come, and be killed,
For you shall be stuff'd, and my customers filled.'