Be kind to your web-footed friends, For that
duck may be somebody's
brother, He lives in the midst of a
swamp, Where it's
awfully cold and
damp, Now you may think that this is the end, Well it is!" It is sung to the melody of the popular military march, "
Stars and
Stripes Forever," by
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932). Web-footed means
having feet where the toes are joined together with a web of skin, such as a
duck.