I was by the bank on a hollow stump When I thought I heard me a bullfrog around and sure enough there he sat He excuse me, buddy, but I've been readin' news And I'm sorry to say I'm a little You bein' human, well you'd where at.
He I read where this old world's fold And all on account of a think gold And that's somethin' hard for us to Now lookin' at me like I'm funny But I live we don't have no money So we want to be hip to the on land.
Now I I was stoned so I started I mean whoever heard of a bullfrog But then I realized I been grazin' in no So I figured I'd tell him what I thought 'bout how was sold and how gold was And he'd understand our world I explained.
I it all started a long time ago When the people first to reap and sow They got all the things they needed out of the how many leaves and how many trees Would it take to up the anatomies And that's how you figured how much a of was worth.
Well then man he how to milk a cow And how to till the soil with a plow And he so busy he never had time to do you Then he'd his produce and all that milk And go town and trade them for silk So his woman look sharp down at the farm.
the bullfrog let out a belly croak Like I'd told him kind of a joke And he said I you're jivin' me my man (what me?) I said I know it sounds mystifyin' But the truth of the matter is I ain't I mean I talkin' no bullfrog, you
He now don't get upset I'm not you You just go ahead, go ahead and And I'll be quiet and try to He said I know about and leaves and And milk and silk and the But what's this thing the supply and
I said well I grow cotton and you grow And you find dungarees are all worn And me well I got to have to eat You see? So I make you brand new And now you bake me some bread Pretty soon have shops across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so been told And at time they didn't know about So they all agreed measure their goods in Well that idea had an endin' they were eatin' more than they were And besides, whoever of keepin' in a vault.
Well said gold was the thing to use To pay for like from ships to shoes But it weighed too and it looked too good to So round sixteen hundred and ninety started usin' foldin' money And the tale, my friend, from end to end.
Well I thought it was a explanation I mean a real at communication And I had me schoolin' up until the I was ten But the bullfrog before he hopped Well I could have I heard him say Your is still in the tadpole stage, my friend.