I was sittin' by the bank on a stump When I I heard me a bullfrog jump Turned and sure enough there he sat He excuse me, buddy, but I've been your news And I'm sorry to say I'm a confused You bein' human, you'd know where at.
He said I where this old world's fold And all on account of a called gold And that's somethin' for us frogs to Now you're lookin' at me I'm funny But where I we don't have no money So we want to be hip to the on land.
Now I I was stoned so I walkin' I whoever heard of a bullfrog talkin' But then I realized I hadn't grazin' in no So I figured I'd tell him what I thought 'bout how gold was sold and how was And he'd understand our when I explained.
I said it all a long time ago When the first learned to reap and sow They got all the things they needed out of the Like how leaves and how many trees Would it take to up the anatomies And that's how you figured how a suit of was worth.
Well then man he learned how to a cow And how to till the soil a stone plow And he kept so busy he had time to do you Then he'd take his produce and all milk And go town and trade them for silk So his woman look sharp down at the farm.
Well the let out a belly croak Like I'd told him some kind of a And he I think you're jivin' me my man (what me?) I said I know it sounds kinda But the truth of the matter is I lyin' I mean I ain't no bullfrog, you
He now don't get upset I'm not you You just go ahead, go and continue And be quiet and try to understand He said I know trees and leaves and And milk and and the farmer's But what's this thing the call and
I said well I grow cotton and you corn And you find your are all worn And me well I got to somethin' to eat You see? So I make you brand new And now you me some fresh corn Pretty soon we'll have across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so been told And at that time they know gold So all agreed they'd measure their goods in that idea had an early endin' 'cause they eatin' more than they were And besides, whoever of keepin' in a vault.
Well folks said gold was the to use To pay for stuff like from to shoes But it weighed too much and it too to spend So round about sixteen hundred and Somebody started usin' foldin' And that's the tale, my friend, end to end.
Well I thought it was a good I mean a real attempt at And I had me schoolin' up until the I was ten But the bullfrog right he hopped I could have sworn I heard him say Your is still in the tadpole stage, my friend.