Playtime Nursery Rhyme

Why Penguins Don't Fly

Leigha Marina Nursery Rhymes and Kids Songs, Vol. 19 • Track 1 • Album released October 23, 2026

Why Penguins Don't Fly by Leigha Marina is a sweet song about Bebo the penguin, who feels sad because he cannot fly like the other birds. His friends show him that wings can do many different things, and Bebo finds his own special skills, like diving deep in cold water and sliding fast across the ice. The song shows children that no one is better or worse, everyone is just different, and everyone has their own gifts.

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🎵 Song Lyrics

Once a penguin was so sad
Other birds could fly up high
He tried and tried but couldn’t rise
His feet couldn’t leave the ground

Sky is too high for me to touch
Wings to fly not mine
Why have wings when they can't make me fly

Hey some wings aren’t meant to fly
Some wings are meant to glide
Other wings are meant to run
Or to protect a little one

There’s no better there’s no worse
There’s just different in the world
No one’s first and no one’s last
All together we can shine
Don't you hesitate to find
Countless treasures lie inside

Don’t you worry penguin
You are special like all beings
Like piñatas filled with sweets
Your heart keeps all kinds of skills

Everyone has their own gifts
One of mine is diving deep super deep
Ice and snow my perfect match
Pirouettes and sliding fast

Sky is too high for you to touch
But cold water’s not
Wings can do so much
And wings are mine to rock
Wings can do so much
Gifts are ours to rock

There’s no better there’s no worse
There’s just different in the world
No one’s first and no one’s last
All together we can shine
Don't you hesitate to find
Countless treasures lie inside

Oh don’t you worry penguin
You are special like all beings
Like piñatas filled with sweets
Your heart keeps all kinds of skills

About This Song

Why Penguins Don't Fly is a sweet and upbeat song about Bebo the penguin feeling sad because he cannot fly like the other birds. Bebo stands on the floating ice and watches birds fly high up in the sky. He tries and tries to fly with them, but his feet never leave the ground. The sky feels too high to touch, and Bebo wonders why he has wings at all if they cannot make him fly.

His friends come to cheer him up. They tell Bebo that some wings are not meant to fly. Some wings are made to glide, some help birds run, and some keep a little one safe. No wings are better and no wings are worse, they are just different.

Bebo's friends tell him not to worry, because he is special too. Like a piñata filled with sweets, his heart is full of all kinds of skills.

Bebo jumps into the cold water and dives deep, super deep. Then he spins and slides fast across the ice and snow, using his wings in his very own way.

Credits

Project Director

Dalibor Menićanin

Animation

Johnny Khoi Lé
Helen Lé

Music

Malena Oriolo

Illustration & Graphic Design

Dalibor Menićanin
Sonam Singh