I was sittin' by the on a hollow stump When I thought I heard me a bullfrog Turned and sure enough there he sat He said me, buddy, but I've been your news And I'm to say that I'm a little You human, well you'd know where at.
He said I read where old world's gonna And all on account of a think gold And somethin' hard for us frogs to Now lookin' at me like I'm kinda But where I live we 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 talkin' But then I I hadn't been 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 it all started a long time ago the people first learned to reap and sow They got all the things needed right out of the Like how many leaves and how many Would it take to cover up the And how you figured how much 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 take his produce and all that milk And go into town and them for silk So his woman look sharp down at the farm.
Well the bullfrog let out a croak Like I'd told him kind of a joke And he I think 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 I ain't talkin' no bullfrog, you
He said now get upset I'm not you You go ahead, go ahead and continue And be quiet and try to understand He said I know about trees and and And milk and and the farmer's But what's this thing the call and
I said I grow cotton and you grow corn And you find your dungarees are all And me I got to have somethin' to eat You see? So I make you some new And now you me some fresh bread Pretty soon we'll shops across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so we've told And at that time they know gold So they all agreed measure their goods in Well idea had an early endin' 'cause they were eatin' than they were And besides, whoever heard of in a vault.
Well folks said gold was the to use To pay for stuff like from to shoes But it weighed too and it looked too to spend So about sixteen hundred and ninety started usin' foldin' money And the tale, my friend, from end to end.
I thought it was a damn good I a real attempt at communication And I had me schoolin' up until the I was ten But the right before he hopped Well I could sworn I heard him say Your world is still in the stage, my friend.