Ida: AS A DUCK, WHEN YOU'RE STUCK, SAT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR NEST. THEN AT BEST. YOU GET BORED...
THERE GOES DRAKE, ON THE LAKE, I CAN SEE HIM THROUGH THE RUSHES, ALL THE TIME. FEELING I'M. JUST IGNORED...
I DON'T PRETEND THAT THIS IS ALL HIS DOING
I'M A SUCKER FOR THE BILLING, AND THE COOING
BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT PITTER PATTER
OF TINY FEET IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW LONG I'VE HAD TO SIT HERE
MINDING MY BROOD
THOSE LITTLE HEADS SO SOFT AND DOWNY
THEIR BABY BODS ALL GOLDEN DOWNY
THEIR BEAKS CONSTANTLY OPEN
WAITING FOR FOOD
IT'S THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD
THOSE LITTLE DUCKLINGS
WALKING ROUND IN A LINE
I'LL DO WHAT ANY OTHER MOTHER WOULD
TO TRY TO DO MY BEST AT BRINGING UP MINE
IT'S THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD
THOSE LITTLE PERKS
THAT MAKE IT ALL SEEM WORTHWHILE
I'LL DO WHAT ANY OTHER MOTHER WOULD
TO GET MY DUCKS DECKED OUT
AND LIVING IN STLYE

(Maureen enters)
Maureen: Morning, Ida
Ida: Morning, Maureen
Maureen: How's the mother-to-be?
Ida: She's be better if the father-who-was was better at being the father-who-is. I sometimes think I'd have been better off pairing with a decoy
Maureen: I'm sure Drake will make a marvelous Dad when the family arrives
Ida: Not him duck by name and duck by nature, ducking out of his responsibilities (she shifts positions) Ooh. I say if butts were made for sitting on eggs all day, then they should have been designed with big old dimples in ‘em
Maureen: Oh, Ida, the very thought. How much longer do you have to go?
Ida: Well by my reckoning they should be out by now I went to all of my pre-natal hatching classes run by that self-satisfied stork, and she said about half a month, but two weeks is up
Maureen: Oh well the best things come to those who wait
Ida: I don't know. Why do we put ourselves through it? Every spring it's exactly the same
Maureen: But just think of all the rewards - all those lovely little ducklings
Ida:all those beaks to feed
Maureen:waking you up at all hours
Ida: getting into deep water
Maureen: attracting unwanted admirers…
Both: (In hushed tones) ... Like the cat
Why do what we put ourselves through it?
Maureen: 'COS WHEN YOU HEAR THAT DIBBLE DABBLE
YOU'RE PROUD TO SAY
"HEY THAT'S MY RABBLE"
THEN WATCH THEIR MAIDEN VOYAGE
OUT FROM THE BANK
Ida: LIKE CHAMPAGNE CORKS
YOU'LL SEE THE BOBBING
Maureen: ACCOMPANIED BY MOTHERS SOBBING
Both: RELIEVED, THANKS BY TO NATURE
NOBODY SANK
IT'S THE JOY...
(They are interrupted as the eggs begin to hatch)
Maureen: Oh, prepare yourself, Ida
(The Eggs Hatch revealing 4 ducklings, Billy, Beaky, Downy, and Fluff)
Ida: IT'S THE JOY
Both: IT'S THE JOY
Ida: IT'S THE JOY
Maureen: JOY
Ida: JOY
Maureen: JOY
Ida: JOY
Both: IT'S THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD
THOSE LITTLE PERKS
THAT MAKE IT ALL SEEM WORTHWHILE
I'LL DO WHAT ANY OTHER MOTHER WOULD
Ida: TO GET MY DUCKS DECKED OUT
AND LIVING IN STYLE
Maureen: TO GET THOSE DUCKS DECKED OUT
AND LIVING
Ida: TO GET MY DUCKS DECKED OUT
AND LIVING
Both: IN STYLE