A31 The Foolish Frog - whistling Songtext
von Pete Seeger

You see, there′s a farmer walking down the road one day
And he was whistling a tune to himself
And he said, "Lord, I wish I knew some words to that tune
But all I got is the melody."
Just then he came to a brook and he looks down
There's a big ol′ bullfrog going
Hop! Hop! From one side of the brook to the other
Well, the bullfrog looks up and he sees the farmer
Decided to show off, he took an extra special big hop
Kersplash! He fell in the water, got himself all wet
And the farmer laughed and laughed and started singing


A-way down south in the yankity-yank
A bullfrog jumped from bank to bank
Just because he'd nothin' better for to do
He stubbed his toe and fell in the water
You could hear him holler for a mile and a quarter
Just because he′d nothin′ better for to do
Now the farmer walked down the road
Feeling mighty proud of himself for making up a song
He went down to the corner store
Bought himself a plug of chewing tobacco
Some groceries and a pair of work gloves
And said, "Oh, before I go, I have to teach you my new song."
Well, the man in the store says, "Go home, I'm busy here."
Farmer says, "Nope, I won′t pay you my money
Unless you let me sing my song."
"Oh, all right, sing it and get it over with,"
Says the store manager
Well, the farmer starts singing
The man in the store says, "That's a wonderful song!
Gather round everybody, we′ll have a party!"
They were stamping on the floor and singing

A-way down south in the yankity-yank
And they were drinking the free Coca-Colas
And eating the soda crackers and stamping on the floor
Now meanwhile, back home, all the wives and children
Sitting down to eat supper, "Where's Father?"
So the mother says, "Children, your old
Man′s probably down at the corner store
Wasting his time as usual
Now you run down, fetch him back, tell him to hurry!"
So all the children ran down the road, ran inside the corner store
They heard that music, they forgot all about coming home
They started singing


A-way down south in the yankity-yank
A bullfrog jumped from bank to bank
And they were drinking the Coca-Colas
And eating the soda crackers and stamping on the floor
Now meanwhile, all the mothers says, "This has gone far enough
Supper's getting cold."
They reach over on the stove, grab a couple heavy skillets
And potholders and lids
And they start marching down the road
Somebody's going to get beaned
Well, they got near, they heard all that pretty music
They forgot about being mad
They walked inside the corner store, they started singing

A-way down south in the yankity-yank
A bullfrog jumped from bank to bank
And they were stamping on the floor
The walls were bent out like this
Now meanwhile, out in the barn, all the cows says
"Where is everybody?
We′re supposed to be milked and it′s getting mighty uncomfortable."
So all the cows left their stalls, they walked out of the barn
They walked down the road, they walked right inside that corner store
And they start singing

A-moo moo moo moo
A-moo moo moo moo
A-moo moo moo moo
Moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo
Cows' tails were swishing out the window
They were drinking the free Coca-Colas
And eating the free soda crackers
Now meanwhile, out in the barnyard, all the chickens says
"Where is everybody?
We′re supposed to be fed, we're getting hungry."
So all the chickens hopped over the fence
They hopped down the road
They hopped inside the corner store
And they start

Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Buck buck buck buck buck buck buck
Feathers flying through the air
Cows′ tails were swishing out the window
They were drinking the Coca-Colas
And eating the free soda crackers and stamping on the floor
Now meanwhile, all the barns says, "Where is everybody?
We feel awful empty without any cows, without any chickens
Guess we'll have to go find them."
So the barns picked themselves up off their foundation
They galumphed down the road
They squeezed inside that corner store
Believe it or not
Well, you ever hear an old rusty hinge on a barn door?
That′s the way they sang

Ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee
Ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee
Course out in the fields all the grass says, "Where is everybody?
The cows are supposed to come and eat us
Guess we'll have to go find them."
So the grass picked itself up, swished down the road
Swished up inside the corner store
And it started

Psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh
Psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh
Psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh-psh
Course when the grass was gone, the fields were gone
No more fields, there were no more banks for the brook to flow between
The brook said, "I'm going to have to go too."
So the brook bubbled down the road
Bubbled up inside the corner store
And it started

Bub-bub-bub