Rubber Duckie
sung by Ernie (Jim Henson)
Written by Jeffrey Moss
Rubber Duckie, you're the one
You make bathtime lots of fun
Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you
(woh woh, bee doh!)
Rubber Duckie, joy of joys
When I squeeze you, you make noise!
Rubber Duckie, you're my very best friend, it's true!
(doo doo doo doooo, doo doo)
CHORUS:
Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby
(rub-a-dub-a-dubby!)
Rubber Duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you
(repeat chorus)
Rubber Duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of
Rubber duckie, I'd like a whole pond of
Rubber duckie I'm awfully fond of you!
(doo doo, be doo)
Transcribed by Kevin Arthur and William Powell
Little Richard's Version
(spoken after smoking piano riff)
Well, here I am in my tubby again. And my tubby's all filled up with water and nice fluffy suds, honey.
And I've got my soap .... looky here ... and I got my washcloth ... look at this ...
and I got my nifty scrub-brush, honey, just scrub, just scrub.
And I got my big, BIG, fluffy towel to dry me off when I'm done. And I got my piano.
And there's one other thing that makes tubby-time the very best time of the whole day, honey.
And you know what that is? A very special friend of mine, my very favorite little old friend ....
(music starts)
(sung)
Rubber duckie, you're the one
You make bathtime lots of fun
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you
Rubber duckie, joy of joys
When I squeeze you, you make noise
Rubber duckie, you're my very best friend, it's true
(patented-Little Richard-ooooooh!)
Every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who's
Cute and yellow and chubby
Rub-a-dub-a-dubby
Rubber duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you
Oh every day when I
Make my way to the tubby
I find a little fella who is
Cute and yellow and chubby
Rubby-dub-dubby
Rubber duckie, you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber duckie, I'd like a whole pond of you
Rubber duckie I'm awfully fond of you!
Transcribed by the archive's webmistress Tiny Dancer
Rubber Duckie/El Patito
the Spanish version, sung by Ernie (Jim Henson, could be Steve Whitmire)
Oh, Rubber Duckie, gozando
En el bano, nosotros dos
Rubber Duckie
Tu eres mi amigo
Vo-do-dee-o
Rubber Duckie jubilo
Cuando te abrazo
Me dices "hello"
Rubber Duckie
Tu eres mi amigo
Y cuando yo voy
A darme un bano
Encuentro un patito tan
Amarillo en el bano
Rub-a-dub-dubby
Rubber Duckie
Mio por suerte
Yo me alegro de tenerte
Rubber Duckie
Tu eres mi amigo
Rubber Duckie
En el bano contigo
Rubber Duckie
Tu eres mi amigo
(spoken)
Well, here we are in the tubby, Rubber Duckie.
How would you like me to wash your little head?
Oh, you would?
How do you say little head in Spanish?
Cabezita!
Oh, that's great Rubber Duckie!
(sung)
Y cuando yo voy
A darme un bano
Encuentro un patito tan
Amarillo en el bano
Rub-a-dub-dubby
Rubber Duckie
Mio por suerte
Yo me alegro de tenerte
Rubber Duckie
Tu eres mi amigo
Rubber Duckie
En el bano contigo
Rubber Duckie
Tu eres mi amigo
(spoken)
Oh, Rubber Duckie, that was formidable!
Transcribed by Anna
Originally released on
The Sesame Street Book & Record - Original Cast (1970)
Columbia
and on the album
Rubber Duckie And Other Songs From Sesame Street (1972?)
Disneyland Records
and on the album
Sing The Hit Songs of Sesame Street (1974)
Children's Records of America
and on the album
Ernie's Hits (1975)
Children's Records of America
and on the album
What Time Is It On Sesame Street? (1977)
Children's Television Workshop
and on the album
Sesame Street Fever (1978)
Children's Television Workshop
and on the album
Sesame Street Silver - 10th Anniversary Album (1978)
Children's Television Workshop (Out of print)
and on the cassette
Bert & Ernie: Side By Side (1981)
Golden Music
and on the album
Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration (1992)
Golden
available on the album
Platinum All-Time Favorites (CD) and Cassette
and on the video
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday and DVD
and on the album
Fiesta Songs! (CD)
and on the DVD
Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (DVD)
also available on the album
Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits (CD) and Cassette
also available on
Sing Along (DVD) and Video
and on the CD
Bob's Favorite Street Songs
also available on the 3-CD Box Set
Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music
Both versions available on
Splish Splash - Bath Time Fun (CD)
Original version available on the 3-DVD Set
Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) (2006)
In other words, no reason for you not to have it! :-)