I was by the bank on a hollow stump When I I heard me a bullfrog jump around and sure enough there he sat He said excuse me, buddy, but been readin' news And I'm sorry to say I'm a little You bein' human, well you'd where at.
He said I read where this old gonna And all on account of a think called And that's hard for us frogs to Now lookin' at me like I'm kinda But where I live we don't no money So we to be hip to the happ'nin's on land.
Now I thought I was 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 just I thought how gold was sold and how gold was And he'd understand our when 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 to cover up the anatomies And that's how you how much a suit of was worth.
Well then man he how to milk a cow And how to the soil with a stone blade And he kept so busy he had time to do you Then he'd take his produce and all milk And go into and trade them for silk So his she'd look sharp down at the farm.
Well the bullfrog let out a croak Like I'd told him kind of a joke And he said I think you're me my man (what me?) I I know it sounds kinda mystifyin' But the truth of the is I ain't lyin' I mean I talkin' no bullfrog, you
He now don't get upset I'm not you You go ahead, go ahead and continue And I'll be and try to understand He I know about trees and leaves and And milk and silk and the But what's thing the call supply and
I said well I cotton and you grow corn And you find your are all worn And me I got to have somethin' to eat You see? So I make you some new And now you bake me some bread Pretty soon we'll shops across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so we've told And at that time didn't know about So all agreed they'd measure their in salt Well idea had an early endin' 'cause were eatin' more than they were And besides, heard of keepin' in a vault.
Well said gold was the thing to use To pay for stuff like from ships to But it too much and it looked too good to So round about sixteen and ninety Somebody started usin' money And that's the tale, my friend, end to end.
Well I it was a damn good I mean a 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 is still in the tadpole stage, my friend.