I was sittin' by the bank on a stump I thought I heard me a bullfrog jump Turned and sure enough there he sat He said excuse me, buddy, but been readin' your And I'm to say that 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 somethin' hard for us frogs 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 thought I was so I walkin' I whoever heard of a bullfrog talkin' But then I realized I hadn't been in no So I figured I'd tell him just I thought 'bout how was sold and how gold was And he'd our world when I explained.
I said it all started a time ago the people first learned to reap and sow They got all the things they needed out of the Like how many leaves and how trees Would it take to up the anatomies And that's how you figured how much a of was worth.
Well then man he learned how to a cow And how to till the with a stone blade And he kept so busy he never had to do you Then he'd take his and all that milk And go into town and trade for silk So his woman look sharp down at the farm.
Well the bullfrog let out a croak Like I'd him some kind of a joke And he said I you're jivin' me my man (what me?) I said I know it kinda 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 just go ahead, go ahead and And I'll be and try to understand He said I know trees and leaves and And and silk and the farmer's But what's this thing the supply and
I said well I grow cotton and you corn And you your dungarees are all worn And me well I got to somethin' to eat You see? So I you some brand new And now you bake me fresh corn Pretty soon we'll shops across the street.
Well this didn't work, or so been told And at that time didn't know about So they all they'd measure their in salt Well that idea had an endin' they were eatin' more than they were And besides, whoever heard of in a vault.
Well folks 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 about sixteen hundred and Somebody usin' foldin' money And that's the tale, my friend, end to end.
Well I thought it was a explanation I mean a real at communication And I only had me up until the I was ten But the right before he away Well I could have I heard him say Your world is still in the stage, my friend.