The Duck (O Pato) (Hendricks)

'O Pato' was written by Jaime Silva & Neuza Teixeira. It originates from the late 1940s repertoire of Brazilian vocal group 'Os Garotos da Lua', but it was not recorded at the time. The first known recording is by bossa nova legend João Gilberto in 1960.

Lyrics were added slightly later by Jon HENDRICKS as 'The Duck':

O pato, the duck was dancing by the water, quack, quack
The rhythm made him think he ought to quack, quack
He was dancing to the samba, the samba, the samba

O gooso, the goose was gaining passing by, honk, honk,
He stopped and gave the dance a try, honk, honk
The bossa nova had him dancing, the new thing, the new swing

A lovely swan swam by in all her majesty, then she loosened up
Hoochie coochie coo, said/did that swan
She joined the duck and goose and did the samba too
You should have seen the kind of samba she could do
They did the samba so long, they all fell right in the water,
While they were singing/swimming away, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, O pato

The duck was happy to begin it, quack, quack
And he was really getting in it, quack, quack
He was dancing to the samba, the samba, the samba


Recordings exist by The Hi-Lo's (1963), Jon Hendricks, Michele Hendricks, Karrin Allyson, Eden Atwood, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Carol Fredette, Eliane Elias, etc.