Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)

"**Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)**" is a song that was first performed live in 1996 at the Wake Up Jeff! tour (later released as *Wiggledance!*). The song got a studio recording in 1997 and was officially released on the *Toot Toot!* album. This is believed to be Captain Feathersword's canon backstory.

## Lyrics

### Toot Toot!

Captain Feathersword fell asleep

on his pirate ship

Then he woke up on a farm

(Oh, my goodness me!)

With roosters and ducks singing this song

*Chorus*

Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack

Cock-a-doodle-doo

Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack

Cock-a-doodle-doo

Quack, quack, quack doodley-doo

So now every day when he talks,

this is what he says

Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack

Cock-a-doodle-doo

He also does the farmyard dance

And you can do it too

*Chorus*

Well, is he a rooster or a pirate?

Well, I just don't know

Ahoy there, ahoy there

Ahoy cock-a-doodley there.

He also does the farmyard dance

And you can do it too.

*Chorus (Repeat 3 times)*

### The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack

Doo doobee doo, doobee doo, doo doobee doobee doo

Doo doobee doo, doobee doo, doo doobee doobee doo

Doo doobee doo, scoobee doo, waa

Let's all quack together

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack doodley doo

Hey, I got one guys

Brr brrr brr brr, Brr brr etc (for length of verse)

How about you, Murray?

Ha ha ha ha, ha ha haa, ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha ha haa

What's Jeff up to?

(Jeff snores...)

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack doodley doo

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack doodley doo

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack quack quack Cockadoodle doo

Quack quack quack doodley doo

### Español (El Captain Feathersword Se Durmió en El Barco Pirata)

El Captain Feathersword se durmió

En el barco así

Y luego despertó en una granja

(Caramba!)

Con gallos y patitos cantando así

*Chorus*

Cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac

Qui-quiriuí-quí

Cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac

Qui-quiriuí-quí

Cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac

Quiquiriquí

Y ahora cada día habla

Y canta y dice así

Cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac, cuac

Qui-quiriuí-quí

Y hace también un baile así

*Chorus*

Será un gallo o un pirata

Pués yo no lo sé

Oiga sí, oiga no,

yo quisiera adivinar

Y hacer también un baile así

*Chorus (Repeat 3 times)*

## Intro Transcript (Wiggledance!)

Captain Feathersword**:** *(after getting his hat and sword back)* I feel Quite Quackers after that. Quack, quack, quack.

**Anthony:** Captain, did you just say "Quack, quack, quack"?

Captain Feathersword**:** Oh yes, I did say, "Quack, quack, quack."

Anthony Field**:** We can say that, too. Let's all try it together! *(with crowd of people)* Quack, quack, quack.

Captain Feathersword**:** Oh, and uh... Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Anthony Wiggle**:** We can do that one, too. You ready? *(with crowd of people)* Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Captain Feathersword**:** Wow, that's great!

**Greg:** *(arriving while holding duck and rooster hats)* Oh-ho! Anthony, I've got some hats here for us to wear. Look at that. There's a rooster hat for you, my friend. *(giving rooster hat to Anthony)*

Anthony Wiggle**:** Oh, looks good. *(putting rooster hat on his head)*

Greg Wiggle**:** Jeff, I've got a duck hat for you *(giving duck hat to Jeff and Jeff puts it on his head)* and I've got a duck hat myself, so I'll just put that on. *(starts putting duck hat on his head)*

Anthony Wiggle**:** *(pointing to Murray arriving while wearing a rooster hat)* Hey, look at Murray! He looks great!

Murray Wiggle**:** Cock-a-Doodle Doo!!

Greg Wiggle**:** It's Murray the rooster!

**Murray:** Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Greg Wiggle**:** Well, now we can all quack, quack, quack, and cock-a-doodle-doo together.

*(Jeff plays the intro on piano keyboard.)*

Captain Feathersword**:** Oh yes, indeed. We can do the whole thing. Here we go!

*(The Wiggles and Captain Feathersword Sing)*

## Title History

The song's first appearance in Wiggledance! had it titled as "**Quack Quack**", a title also used for the version used in The Wiggles Movie. Its first studio appearances in Wiggle Time! and TV Series 1 also use this title. However, beginning with its first album appearance in Toot Toot! (not counting the Movie Soundtrack version), its title became officially known as "**Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship**" for many years, with TV episodes and videos adopting this title beginning with TV Series 2 and The Wiggly Big Show respectively.

The booklet and DVD menus of the 2007 video Wiggledancing! Live In Concert combined these two titles into "**Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)**". This title was later used in The Wiggles Big, Big Show!, and most notably the 2009 and 2013 compilation albums Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles, as well their 2010 and 2014 video counterparts.

From 1999 to 2010, only TV Series 4 (2005) used the original "Quack Quack" title on its own. In recent years, however, the original title has been used again. Since the 2011 album Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show!, nearly all appearances of the song have been credited under this title, with the only exceptions being the updated versions of the Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles album and video, which as mentioned above combines the two titles. Interestingly, the album Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! adds a comma, calling it "Quack, Quack".

As there has been some debate among fans over whether "Quack Quack" or "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship" is the true title of the song, this article uses the combined title, to acknowledge both while also using an official alternative title.

## Song Credits

Written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, and Greg Page, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd.

## Trivia

* The piano & trumpet track from the 1996 concert version is reused in the Wiggles Movie with some drums added in.
* An edited instrumental version of this song has been used twice in series 2 of the wiggles. Once for the CGI animation of penguins building a snowman, and the second fully CGI scene of a small yellow duck laying a huge egg in its nest while quacking.
* Although "Quack Quack" has been changed to “Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship” since 1998, the year when the *Toot Toot* album was released, the former title is still heard during the chorus and is still seen in the regular version of the *Wiggle Time! (1998)* video.
* The Wiggles wore pirate costumes during this song in *The Wiggly Big Show*.
* The 1997 (and 2010 from Wiggly Sprout) versions play in C whereas the current version since 1998 plays in D.
* The Dorothy the Dinosaur version plays in A.
* On Xuxa's album and video "Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos", the title is the same one as the original.
* In 1999, which was 2 years after the song was first published, the song won Most Performed Children's Work at the APRA awards.
* In the 1998 video, Anthony continuously does his rooster tail on his front instead of at the back.
* For some performances of the song from 2002 to 2005, only the chorus was sung.
* A clip of Jeff, John, Tsehay, Simon, Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword performing this song was posted on Instagram with the 1997 vocals and instrumental. Captain Feathersword is played by Anthony in the clip as a reference to the early years.
* In live performances of the song, Captain Feathersword would elongate his singing at the end. ("Doo-oooooooo-hoo!")

## Performances

### Video

* Wiggledance!
* The Wiggles Movie
* Wiggle Time!
* Captain Kangaroo's Birthday Party at Sea World
* The Wiggly Big Show
* Wiggly TV
* 大家來Wiggle!
* LIVE Hot Potatoes! (just the chorus)
* 15 Years of Wiggly Fun!
* Splish Splash Big Red Boat (Mariachi Wiggles)
* Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (DVD)
* Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.
* Wiggledancing! Live In Concert
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book
* The Wiggles Big, Big Show!
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010)
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show!
* The Wiggles' Big Birthday!
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party!
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014)
* Wiggle Around Australia
* The Wiggles Reunion Show
* We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits
* Fruit Salad Big Show

### Album

* The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
* Toot Toot!
* LIVE Hot Potatoes!
* Karaoke Songs 1
* 4 Song CD
* Splish Splash Big Red Boat (Spanish Wiggles)
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009)
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show!
* The Wiggles' Big Birthday!
* Hits And Rarities
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party!
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013)
* Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti!
* The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl
* We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits

### Episode

#### The Wiggles (Season 1)

* Building Blocks
* Spooked Wiggles (live in concert)

#### The Wiggles (Season 2)

##### 21-minute version

* Play (a.k.a. Playtime) (live in concert)
* Imagination (live in concert)
* Cows and Ducks (live in concert)

#### Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!

##### 11-minute versions

* Episode 5 (Paired with Vegetable Soup)
* Episode 13 (Paired with The Dancing Flowers)
* Episode 21 (Paired with Rock-A-Bye Your Bear)

##### 22-minute versions

* Balla Bambina
* Ring-a-Ring O'Rosy
* Something Fishy at the Aquarium

#### The Wiggles Show! (season 1)

##### 11-minute versions

* Episode 12 (just the chorus, live in concert)
* Episode 24 (just the chorus, live in concert)
* Episode 42 (just the chorus, live in concert)

##### 22-minute versions

* Shiver Me Timbers (just the chorus, live in concert)
* Bow Wow Wow (just the chorus, live in concert)
* Learn About Animals (just the chorus, live in concert)

#### The Wiggles Show! (season 2)

##### 11-minute versions

* Episode 10 (Mariachi Wiggles)
* Episode 47
* Episode 50 (just the chorus, live in concert)

##### 22-minute versions

* A Wiggly Concert (Mariachi Wiggles)
* The Baby Crocodile
* The King of Guitars (just the chorus, live in concert)

#### The Wiggles Show! (Latin America)

* Episodio 9
* Episodio 13 (Live)
* Episodio 19
* Episodio 22 (partical)

#### Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 1)

* A Hair Disaster! (just the chorus, live in concert)
* Marty Party (just the chorus, live in concert)
* Quack, Quack!
* Doctor Anglais (just the chorus, live in concert)

### Other Media

* Wiggle Opera (PVD Version) (Live)
* Sailing Around the World Live!
* Racing to the Rainbow Show

### Live Performances

* Wake Up Jeff! Tour
* The Wiggles Big Show
* Toot Toot Show!
* The Wiggles 1997 Tour
* The Wiggles 1999 Tour
* It's a Wiggly Wiggly World UK Tour
* The Wiggles' 10th Birthday Tour
* Wiggly Safari Show
* Lights, Camera, Action, Show!
* Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert
* Sailing Around the World Live!
* Racing to the Rainbow Show
* Pop Go The Wiggles Show!
* You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Tour!
* The Wiggles Big, Big Show In The Round
* Greatest Hits In The Round
* The Wiggles' Big Birthday Show!
* Taking Off!: Live in Concert
* Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Tour
* The Wiggles Big Show
* DANCE DANCE! The Wiggles BIG SHOW!

### TV Specials

* The Wiggles in Disneyland
* The Wiggles Take on the World
* The Wiggles Australia Day Concert Special
* The Wiggles Big, Big Show In The Round