This is the moment a four-year-old girl broke down in tears because the 'little ducks' in a nursery rhyme did not come back to their mother. Rilie Carey, from Salem, Oregon, learnt the popular song at preschool and was halfway through eating her dinner when she decided to perform it for her mom, Jessica. She starts by confidently singing: 'Four little ducks went out to play, over the hills and far away. 'Mumma duck says quack, quack, quack, quack, but only three little ducks came back.' But as the rhyme continues - and the number of ducks returning to their mother decreases - her eyes begin to fill with tears. As she gets to the penultimate verse, where 'no little ducks come back', she starts to sob with her arm across her face. At the end of the clip Rilie, who lives with her mom, dad and two-year-old brother, leans in for a hug from her mom - despite being told the ducks do actually return. Mrs Carey posted the video on Facebook alongside the caption: 'My four-year-old daughter learned a new song at school yesterday and can't quite get through it without crying. 'She gets so sad that the mama duck doesn't have her babies!! #allthefeels' The 25-year-old, who met Rilie's father Aaron in 2007, told MailOnline: 'I filmed the video because after I had picked Rilie up from school, she would't stop singing it all day and would start to get emotional near the end every single time. 'I recorded it at dinner time so I could show her dad once he got off from work. 'She is so caring and loving and, as a mother, it made my heart explode watching her get so emotional about the mama duck losing her babies. She's so sweet. 'I just adored it. It makes me happy to know how loving her little heart is.' Rilie (left; right) learnt the popular song about ducks at preschool and was halfway through eating her dinner when she decided to perform it for her mother Jessica Carey . Jessica Carey (pictured with her husband Aaron, Rilie and two-year-old son) posted the video on Facebook with the caption: 'My four-year-old daughter learned a new song at school yesterday and can't quite get through it without crying' Mr Carey, a 32-year-old tattoo artist, also shared the video on Facebook and added: 'If you haven't already seen this video, check it out. 'It's my sweet little daughter singing a new song she learned at school. She gets very emotional towards the end lol.' The video has already received more than 2.9million views on Facebook. Hundreds of viewers have commented, with many dubbing the video the 'cutest thing ever'. Mrs Carey is hoping Rilie will now be invited on to The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Rilie, four, heard the song at preschool and was performing it at dinner.
Her eyes filled with tears before she sobbed with her arm over her face.
Mom Jessica Carey posted the video on Facebook and YouTube.