We heard amongst many others the duck flying away
song. It is impossible to describe, but it was rather
frighteningly effective. Rhythm was paramount and
the pitch tended to rise to a crescendo while the pace
quickened in most of the verses. Forms were inverted and
the character of the black man's voice gave it all something
indescribable, at any rate we all knew that the ducks were
resting on the water, were surprised, and took off clumsily
then flew off and away but returned with a swoop at terrific
speed to disappear into freedom again and peace.
