Art Garfunkel - The Frog Lyrics
The frog hopped, silently, fearfullyin out from the chill of nightCovered with the shiny dew of morningCarefully, he came to cause no fright to the Son of God a-borningSince from his place upon the earth he could not see the mangerTho' shy, he leaped into the air to see the little strangerThe beasts were outraged!Angry that a frog so impoliteWould dare disturb the Holy Child's dreaming"Get you far away and out of sight,You are ugly and blaspheming.And why do you not humbly bow,And what gift are you bringing?"The Frog then croaked,"I come to God with only my rough singingI came to sing for Jesus."The animals laughed, "hahahaha" to think of such a jokeThat a simple frog would be so odd as to come to God to croakThe animals laughed, "hahahahahaha"That a simple frog would be so odd as to come to God to croakBaby Jesus saw the frog and laughed with sheer delightTo see him hopping high through the stableAnd Mary softly did him invite to sing the little boy's first fableLight came down from heaven and around the frog was gleamingAnd like an Angel sent from GodThe lowly frog was singingAnd he sang of logs and polliwogsOf rafts and summer fishin;Of morning frogs and puppy dogsAnd places to go wishin'Of misty bogs and swimming togsand treasures laying deep.And when the last note died awayThe baby was asleepAnd from that day on the frog was drawn to live high in the towersOf pine and oak, no more to croak among the water flowersBut a tree frog he would always be whose voice could shame the birdAnd they say that every Easter morn his voice can still be heard
