The song is named after ernie s toy a rubber duck affectionately named rubber duckie.
Rubber duckie ernie sesame street.
It was popular enough to be recorded as a 45 rpm single and.
The song enjoyed popular fame reaching number 16 on billboard s hot 100 singles chart in 1970.
A distraught ernie calls bert to say he s lost rubber duckie until his bouncing on the chair causes it to squeak.
And i ve got my soap and washcloth to wash myself.
Well here i am in my tubby again.
It was even nominated for a grammy award for best recording for children but it lost to the sesame street book record which also contains the song.
Rubber duckie is a song sung by the muppet character ernie voiced by jim henson on sesame street.
Rubber ducky you re the one.
And my tubby s all filled with water and nice fluffy suds.
Ernie originally performed the song in the first season of.
The song written by jeff moss and arranged by joe raposo was first heard by children watching an episode of sesame street on february 25 1970.