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Want to hear the kids giggle? They love this song about water birds.

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I’d like a tasty marsh mud shake
A mixture of water and muck
I’d like a tasty marsh mud shake
Prepared just right for a duck

To eat my tasty marsh mud shake
I use my bill, don’t need a cup
I get my tasty marsh mud shake
Just by going butts up

Chorus:
Butts up (Butts up) Butts up (Butts up)
That’s what a duck must do
To get a tasty marsh mud shake
A mixture of water and goo

I was flying south out of Canada
Heading toward Mexico way
I pull into the marsh for a snack
And put my hind end on display
[Chorus]

It’s a serve-yourself soda fountain
Where everyone feeds their face
I like leaves, seeds, stems, and roots
With a little bit of mud for a taste
[Chorus]

Now if you see a headless bird
Trying to walk in the air with webbed feet
You’ll know it’s me with my mouth on the bottom
While my bottom’s in the air when I eat
[Chorus]

Some birds probe the sand for a meal
Some will spear a fish
Just give mea tasty marsh mud shake
A duck’s favorite dish
[Chorus]

So give this marsh some protection
Please, give it some love and care
‘Cause I need a place to get a marsh mud shake
And to wave my butt in the air
[Chorus]

The marsh is a nursery and restaurant
It’s also a fine motel
And when the birds are out there eating
Here’s how you can tell
[Chorus]


We welcome you to use our lyrics & music for classrooms and camps. Please include credit. Thank you!
Written by Banana Slug String Band
www.BananaSlugStringBand.com

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from Slugs at Sea, released January 1, 1991

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Banana Slug String Band Santa Cruz

Booty-shakin' music for kids ... or anyone 'young' enough to love this precious Earth!

"The best thing about Banana Slug String Band albums? An adult can listen to them [i]almost[/i] as many times as the kids want them played and not experience an urge to strangle a purple dinosaur.
Dr. Amy Rogers, Science Thrillers
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