The Duck Song was written by Bryant Oden and released as an animated music video on YouTube in 2009, illustrated by Forrest Whaley. Based on a joke about a duck and a lemonade stand, its simple chorus and waddle-away refrain turned it into a classroom and family favourite that spawned sequels. The excerpt circulating on soundboards isolates the most memorable request, which is why it still works as shorthand for cheerful persistence and a question that never gets the expected answer.