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the frogs - stephen sondheim lyrics

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek!

[dionysos]
what was that?

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek!

[dionysos]
xanthias, wake up. xanthias, please wake up!

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek!

[dionysos]
old man, i need your help!

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek!

[dionysos]
i may be losing my mind, but that sounds like, like… frogs!

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek!

brek-kek-kek
brek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek!
ko-ax!

brek-kek kek-kek kek-kek kek-kek
ko-ax!
rib-et rib-et
ko-ax!
brek-kek kek-kek…

[dionysos]
it is… it is… it’s frogs!

[frogs]
whaddya think it is, mice?
well, dummy, think twice!
brek-kek-kek! brek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek!
what have eyes that pop?
what have skins that glisten?
what have feet that plop?
elephants?
no, listen, listen, listen, listen:
brek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek kek-kek kek-kek!
ko-ax!
rib-et rib-et!
brek-kek-kek-kek…
right!

frogs!
we’re the frogs!
the adorable frogs!
not your hoity-toity intellectuals
not your hippy-dippy h-m-s-xuals
just your easy-going, simple
warm-hearted, cold-blooded
frogs
of the pond
and the fronds we never go beyond
when you rearrange a single frond
we respond
with a —
rek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek
brek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek!
ko-ax!
rib-et rib-et
brek-kek-kek-kek…
bur-rup bur-rup bur-rup
ko-ax!

[dionysos]
[as he is dragged into the river]
oh, zeus! mighty and powerful zeus! dear father above, help me! help me!

[xanthias]
master! master!

[frogs]
ko-ax!

[xanthias]
master!

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek! brek-kek-kek-kek!
whaddya care the world’s a wreck?
leave ’em alone, send ’em a check
sit in the sun and what the heck
whaddya wanna break your neck for?
what for?
big deal!
big bore!

forget your troubles
wallow with us
squat and take a mud bath!
what’s it get you
making a fuss?
just another blood-bath!

aw!
boo-hoo!
oh, pshaw!
what’s new?

forget your troubles
wallow with us
squat and take a mud bath!

[frogs, in five groups, in canon:]

(1)
what’s it get ’em, making a fuss?
just another blood bath!
forget your troubles
wallow with us
squat and take a mud bath!
what’s it get ’em, making a fuss?
just another blood bath!

we seen it
we heard it
we been there
we know it already

jeremiah was a bullfrog
was a good friend of

(2)
brek-kek-kek-kek! brek-kek-kek-kek!
whaddya care the world’s a wreck?
leave ’em alone, send ’em a check
sit in the sun and what the heck

brek-kek-kek-kek! brek-kek-kek-kek!
whaddya care the world’s a wreck?
leave ’em alone, send ’em a check
sit in the sun and what the heck

brek-kek-kek-kek! brek-kek-kek-kek!
brek-kek-kek-kek!

row row row your boat
gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a scream

row row row your boat
gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily merrily

(3)
row row row your boat
gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a scream

row row row your boat
gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a scream

merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a scream

row row row your boat
gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a scream

row row row your boat

(4)
row row row your boat gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a scream

row row row your boat gently down the stream

tote dat barge and lift that crud
you gets a little drunk and you lands in mud

you and he
you sweat and strain
body all achin’ and —

(5)
you and he
you sweat and strain
body all achin’ and racked wid’ pain

who cares if the sky
cares to fall in the swamp?
who cares if the sky
cares to fall in the

[all frogs]
swamp
boo-hoo!
oh, pshaw!
what’s new?

frogs! frogs! frogs! frogs!
be-de-de-beep, be-de-de-beep
leave it alone and get some sleep
leave it alone, you’re in too deep
you gotta look before you leap
and nothing and n-body knows how to leap
more than the frogs!

for the frogs!
for the frogs!
for the frogs!
for the frogs!
for the frogs!
for the frogs!
for the frogs!
don’t you love us frogs!
bur-rup!
for the b-mps on the logs!
ko-ax!
not for fancy pants humanitarians
not for chatty plat-tudinarians
but for easy-going, simple, jocular
ocular frogs
who can thrive
just by staying friendly and alive
when there’s any trouble, we survive
we just dive and go
blep blep blep blep!
blep blep blep blep!

[dionysos]
how dare you! you twisted amphibious monsters!

[men]
whaddya get, stirring the pot?
wouldn’t you rather sit and squat?
everything’s gonna stay afloat
as long as you don’t rock the boat

[women and tenors]
dive deep! splash around!
whaddya want with solid ground?
whaddya wanna get apoplexy?

[men]
you could be a very s-xy frog!
c’mon, abandon ship
and skip the trip
and take a dip

[all frogs]
just pull up a pad
and simply flop
it’s time to stop
to frolic and plop
and learn how to hop —
it’s hip to hop
hip hop! hip hop!

[dionysos]
[screaming as he falls]
aah! this is terrible! this is… this is… wonderful!
no, no, stop, please!
ohh…. can’t we all just get along?!

[frogs]
brek-kek-kek-kek kek-kek kek-kek…
ko-ax!
brek-kek-kek-kek kek-kek kek-kek…
rib-et rib-et!

stay with the frogs
with the frogs
with the wits of the bogs!
not your hippy dippy insurrectionists
not your hasty pasty-faced perfectionists
stay with the easy-going, simple, rollicking
frolicking kek-kek
brek-kek-kek-kek! brek-kek-kek-kek!
whaddya care the world’s a wreck?
everyone knows the world’s a wreck
leave ’em alone, send ’em a check
why do you want to break your neck?

frogs
in the reeds
leave the world alone and count the weeds
while the world may not know what it needs

[dionysos]
help!

[frogs]
it proceeds
and in time
will be

[dionysos]
xanthias!

[frogs]
sublime

[xanthias]
master!

[frogs]
all bogs
and weeds
and frogs

[dionysos]
i was almost turned into one of the frogs!

[frogs]
frogs

[xanthias]
i thought he said there were no frogs

[dionysos]
obviously we were incredibly misinformed

[xanthias]
they look pretty big to be frogs

[dionysos]
indeed

[xanthias]
with a surprisingly innate sense of rhythm

[dionysos]
yes. do you think we could postpone this discussion until after my rescue?

[xanthias]
sure thing!

[dionysos]
thank you, xanthias — for a minute there i was really worried

[a giant frog appears behind them]

[xanthias]
now no need to worry, master, not while i’m around. i’ve got the reflexes of a panther. well maybe not a panther, more like a highly-strung farm animal, but i’m pretty limber. these frogs, they don’t scare me. by the time i’m through with them
there’ll be nothing left but their little frog legs — which i hear can make for some pretty good eating. i wonder how they came up with that recipe? “uh-oh, marcel. we’re out of snails — quick grab that frog.” ha-ha — it’s pretty funny, huh? but seriously, master… master?

[he turns around, sees the giant frog disappear with dionysos in its mouth]

master!

[frogs]
frogs frogs frogs frogs
brek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-
kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek-kek

[all the frogs exit]

[xanthias]
i think we’re gonna need a bigger boat

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