Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:27:33 -0800 (PST) From: Lani Herrmann To: cray@mizar.usc.edu Subject: Have you read this yet? Status: RO X-Status: A From: Brad Leftwich Newsgroups: rec.music.country.old-time Subject: Re: BullFrog Songs Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 15:34:46 +0000 Organization: Indiana University Reply-To: leftwich@indiana.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: leftwich.ucs.indiana.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Wayne Erbsen wrote: > > If anyone can think of a good bullfrog song or two, I'd sure appreciate it! Well, most of the bullfrog verses I know of would need some tailoring before they could be presented in public. My dad sings some off-color verses to the tune of "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land": Way down south in Rankety Dank The bullfrogs jump from bank to bank They split their *ss from shank to shank Before they reach the other bank. Or, alternatively, Way down south in Rankety Dank The bullfrogs jump from bank to bank It tickles the young frogs clean to the heart To hear the old frogs jump and f*rt. Tommy Jarrell sang a bullfrog verse to "Police": Bullfrog jumped from bank to bank this morning Bullfrog jumped from bank to bank this morning Bullfrog jumped from bank to bank, Skinned his old *ss from shank to shank this morning In polite company he'd substitute "Skinned his old back..." And I think Clyde Davenport sings a verse, I don't remember to what tune (someone else can probably help out here; I think the tune is on his Puncheon Camp tape), about Way down South in New Orleans Bullfrog sewing on a sewing machine I may not have that quite exactly right -- but it's interesting, because another of my father's verses to "Great Big Taters" that I mentioned above, is: Way down south in Nicotine Polecat jumped on a sewing machine Sewing machine so very fast Took 99 stitches in the polecat's *ss. It's a polecat rather than a bullfrog, but from Clyde's verse it looks like they may be interchangeable. --Brad Leftwich leftwich@indiana.edu PS. Received your printout yesterday in good shape, thanks very much. Didja know that Sara Cleveland (upstate NY) sang a version of "Bum she-ittity"? (I don't think I have the text but might could have a tape somewhere. Best get in touch with Sandy Paton, or maybe if Kenny Goldstein's tapes are available somewhere ....)