Well, Froggie went a-courtin and he did ride, uh huh (SPLASH)
Sword and a pistol by his side, uh huh (GUNSHOT)
Froggie went a-courtin just for fun,
He rode off to Oregon, uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG, SPLASH)
Froggie met a spotted owl, uh huh. (OWL)
Froggie met a spotted owl, uh huh (OWL)
They sat by a pond and he fell in love
And he sang her a song he was quite fond of, uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG BARITONE)
Mr. Froggie said, "Come marry me, uh huh (FROG)
Mr. Froggie said, "Come marry me, uh huh (OWL SHYNESS)
We'll ride east on I-84
And settle down by a river shore. Uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG)
She said, "What would the wedding supper be?" uh huh
And Froggie said, "A dry Chablis, uh huh" (FROG)
A dry Chablis and a plate of Brie,
A mouse for you and a fly for me, uh huh uh huh uh huh. (OWL)
She said, "Who'll be there for the wedding vows, uh huh.
And Froggie said, "Six brown cows, uh huh. (MOO)
Six brown cows to carry the train,
And two black sheep to open champagne, (SHEEP) uh huh uh huh uh huh. (CHAMPAGNE POP)
She said, "Where would we go for a honeymoon? uh huh.
And Froggie said, "To the Clair de Lune. Uh huh. (LOON)
Clair herself will be our host
She'll serve us bugs on buttered toast, uh huh uh huh uh huh. (LOON)
She said, "What will our babies be, uh huh
Will they look like you or look like me? uh huh (OWL)
One more thing: I have to warn ya,
I don't love frogs from California, uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG)
Froggie said, "I'm not from there, uh huh.
I do not texturize my hair. Uh huh.
I do not tan, my skin is blotchy,
And these webs are not Versace." Uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG)
She said, "Where will we live if you marry me?" uh huh
Will we live in the top of a redwood tree, uh huh? (OWL)
Froggie said, "I don't climb trees,
We'll live on a lilypad if you please. Uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG AND SPLASH)
Then Froggie pulled out a big cigar, uh huh.
Froggie pulled out a big cigar, uh huh. (FROG)
He lit it up and took a puff,
And his lady love said, "That's enough. I'm gone. Goodbye. Farewell." (OWL)
She said, Take that down to the riverside, uh huh.
Cigar smoke I can't abide, uh huh.
It makes my feathers brown and greasy,
And you know we are an endangered specie. Uh huh uh huh uh huh."
"You're the ugliest frog that I ever saw, uh huh. (OWL)
In Oregon, you're against the law, uh huh. (OWL)
I'd rather stay here in a hollow log
Than be sweet-talked by a big time frog , uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG)
Mr. Froggie noticed the light get dim, uh huh (FROG)
Mr. Froggie noticed the light get dim, uh huh (FROG)
Mr. Froggie noticed the light get dim,
There was a big dark shadow over him. Uh huh uh huh uh huh. (FROG FEAR)
A thought went through Mr. Froggie's mind, uh huh (FROG)
He shoulda stuck with his own kind, uh huh. (FROG GULP)
He waved goodbye and before he could talk,
Mr. Frog was caught by a silver hawk, uh huh uh huh uh huh (HAWK).
Mr. Frog went stiff when he felt the bite, uh huh. (FROG GULP)
And then he looked down from a very great height, uh huh.
He and the hawk became as one,
And the frog got to see all of Oregon, uh huh uh huh uh huh. (HAWK)
And the spotted owl found a mate, uh huh (OWL)
And they started in to propagate, uh huh,
They made a nest in the Great Northwest,
And their kids were the sweetest and handsomest. uh huh uh huh, uh huh." (OWL PRIDE)
The moral of the story is look both ways, uh huh
Don't be foolish or one of these days, uh huh
There may be somebody overhead,
Giving thanks for his daily bread. Uh huh uh huh uh huh. (HAWK)
© 1998 by Garrison Keillor