Swim, Little Duck

"Plauke Antelė," or "Swim Little Duck," is a folk song every Lithuanian kid learns. There's even a "rock version" and an "Antelė" dance.

Nearly every Chicago-area, Lithuanian home had a wooden, folk-art piece depicting the song:

Suburban Chicago, Spring 1964. The "antelė" folk art hangs between the door to our kitchen and that impressive plant. My dress was pink and green.

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Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1972 or 1973. My Kaunas Cousin greets her doggie, Ači. I was charmed to see that a duplicate of the "antelė" folk art hangs about her head.