Moby Duck

Moby Duck is the tenth track on the 2020 album Cures What Ails Ya. It was written by Dave Robinson and, as such, is a Longest Johns original. It also features Lucy Humphris on trumpet. (Doot)
Moby Duck tells of the brutal slaying of a noble and kind creature who never meant harm to any man.
The song was also the subject of a community art video project; submissions were solicited beginning in June 2020, and the finished video was released on YouTube 25 August 2021.
==Lyrics==
After fourteen years I left the sea for a life upon a lake
After all the storms I'd seen, I needed a good break
I thought still waters would mean peace for me but that was a mistake
For the place I chose was bedevilled by a giant evil drake
A mallard of such malice, twice the size of any man
A bill to give you nightmares and a monstrous wingspan
You cannot hope to fight it so avoid him if you can
That terrifying waterfowl, the beast beyond the dam
{Chorus}
Row-ho, row-ho, row with all our might
Row with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight
Row-ho, row-ho, and with any luck
We'll win the day and do away the dreaded Moby Duck
I'm not one for surrender so a vengeful oath I swore
I gathered up me hearties like so many times before
We shod our ship with weapons and prepared to go to war
'Til that fetid feathered fearsome flying duck will breathe no more
{Chorus}
There was bonnie brave Marie, who to her arms had waved goodbye
And handsome Jack, whose duck-attack left him without an eye
The Darby twins with one leg each on deck were standing by
Only a couple dozen limbs between a crew of twenty-five
{Chorus}
The fight raged on for several hours, defend and then attack
With beatings from those wicked wings our boat began to crack
The beast reared up to finish the job, and with a mighty quack
(JD releases the quackin')
I rammed my harpoon in his throat and made a tasty snack
Row-ho, row-ho, row us back to shore
We'll drag his broken body back and roast it on an oar
Row-ho, row-ho, barbecue the beast
With hoisin sauce and pancakes, we will have the biggest feast
Row-ho, row-ho, row with all our might,
We rowed with harpoons loaded and spoiling for a fight
Row-ho, row-ho, we had all the luck
We won the day and did away the dreaded Moby Duck
We won the day and did away the dreaded Moby Duck!
(...quack)
==Recordings==
====Streaming/Purchase====
*Amazon Music (Cures What Ails Ya version)
*Amazon Music (Commodore 1864 version)
*Apple Music/iTunes (Cures What Ails Ya version)
*Apple Music/iTunes (Commodore 1864 version)
*Bandcamp (Cures What Ails Ya version)
*Deezer (Cures What Ails Ya version)
*Deezer (Commodore 1864 version)
*Pandora (Cures What Ails Ya version)
*Pandora (Commodore 1864 version)
*Spotify (Cures What Ails Ya version)
*Spotify (Commodore 1864 version)
====YouTube Videos====
*Lyric Video (community art project)
*Cures What Ails Ya version
*Commodore 1864 version
====Gig Videos====
*Shrewsbury Folk Festival (27 Aug 2021)
*Exeter Phoenix (26 April 2022)
*O2 Academy, Bristol, U.K. (05 May 2022) - official live video
*Cursus Festival 2023
====Full Band Streams====
*Album Launch Party! Cures What Ails Ya, Available June 10th (Preorder Now) (10 Jun 2020)
*It's hot! Stream was a bad choice... Or was it? (24 Jun 2020)
*Welcome to the Live Stream, We've got Fun and Sings! (22 Jul 2020)
*We Built This Stream(y) on Shant and Folk (11 Nov 2020)
*I Stream, You Stream, We all Scream for Live Stream (20 Jan 2021)
*Stream If You Wanna Go Faster (12 May 2021)
*Be Stream And Not Heard (6 Oct 2021)
*Nightmare on Elm Stream (27 Oct 2021)
*Strème de Menthe (27 Jul 2022)
*In Space No One Can Hear You Stream (19 Oct 2022)
*Davestream Beleaver (30 May 2023)
*A Midsummer Nights Stream (5 Jul 2023)
====Gaming Streams====
*Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity: Part 1 (24 Jun 2020)
*Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity: Part 2 (24 Jun 2020)
*GHOST SHIP! And some singing I guess... - 19/06/2020
*Hoist Up The Thing! - 14/08/2020
*SHANT! - 02/10/2020
*Sea of Sings! With Dave, JD and @Krotukk - 05/03/2021
*Singing and Sailing with BehavingBeardly and KroTukk - 21/03/2021
*Singing and Sailing in Sea of Thieves! With @RobRaven - 29/03/2021
*Streamy time sails with friends and song! - 23/04/2021
*Splashy splashy! Sea of Sings with Freyline - 11/10/2021
*We're back! Lily-livered land-lubbers beware! with Kharites_ & Krotukk! - 04/02/2022
Quack.
Category:Songs
Category:Cures What Ails Ya
Category:Longest Johns Originals
Category:Dave Songs
Category:JD Songs
Category:Commodore 1864
Category:Community Videos