The Ugly Duckling Lyrics - Singles - Mandy Patinkin

There once was an ugly duckling 

With feathers all stubby and brown 

And the other birds in so many words said 

Get out of town, get out, get out, get out of town 

And he went with a quack 

And a waddle and a quack 

In a flurry of eiderdown 

That poor little ugly duckling 

Went wandering far and near 

And at every place they said to his face 

Now get out of here, get out, get out, get out of here 

And he went with a quack 

And a waddle and a quack 

And a very unhappy tear 

All through the wintertime he hid himself away 

Ashamed to show his face, afraid of what others might say 

All through the winter in his lonely clump of wheat 

Till a flock of swans spied him there and very soon agreed 

Youre a very fine swan indeed 

Swan? Me, a swan? Go on, youre a swan 

Take a look at yourself in the lake and youll see 

And he looked and he saw and he said 

It's me, I am a swan, whee 

Im not such an ugly duckling 

No feathers all stubby and brown 

For in fact these birds in so many words said 

The best in town, the best, the best, the best in town 

Not a quack, not a quack 

Not a waddle or a quack 

But a glide and a whistle 

And a snowy white back 

And a head so noble and high 

Say, "Whos an ugly duckling?" Not I