A Frog Named Fred
I found a little frog,
His name was – Fred.
I found him in the road,
And he was – dead.
I said Mr. Fred,
Why are you dead?
And he said ‘cause a car
Ran over my head.
Steven A. Green
Seriously, you can’t be serious all the time.
I made up this silly little song so long ago, I seriously don’t remember when. It may have been – 20, 30, maybe even 40 years ago or longer. It has a tune a little like the Beverly Hillbillies theme song but I don’t think I have to worry about being sued for copywrite infringement.
It recently dawned on me that Neil Diamond and I have something in common. We both made up songs about a frog. Haha, no comparison. His song, I Am.. I Said, has the lyrics:
Did you ever read about a frog
Who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
His frog became a king. Mine just got smashed in the road.
Click to hear me sing the song. Warning: It’s the silly version.
Aesop’s Fables
It is believed that Aesop was born in Greece around 620 B.C. He is credited with many Fables. It is possible that some of the stories credited to him, may have been told by others. His stories typically used animal characters and typically had a moral to the story. Many of his stories such as The Tortoise and the Hare, you are probably familiar with.
If A Frog Named Fred had been written by Aesop, I suppose the moral might be something like this:
Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, look both ways before crossing the street or you might end up like Fred – smashed in the road.
There are other Aesop type (with animals anyway) stories, poems and songs that I have made up. One is a previous Blog Post titled Armadillos.
I will post one other silly song titled A Christmas Fish. On Christmas Eve 2020, I drove down to Vicksburg after closing Amish Excellence to deliver a new table and chair set so our customer would have it for Christmas. After completing the delivery, I then drove across Mississippi toward Birmingham on I-20.
As I was coming into Tuscaloosa, Alabama around 1:00 AM, The tire gage on the dash of the truck lit up. The pressure was dropping very rapidly. Fortunately, there was an exit coming up – and there was a travel center.
I called AAA Roadside Assistance. If you don’t have AAA, I would strongly advise you to get it. They have rescued me so many times. In this case, they had someone to me in about 10-15 minutes. I couldn’t believe it. They had me on my way in about another 15 minutes.
My wife, Annette, had informed me that after Thanksgiving and all the other holiday meals, she and her dad wanted something other than the traditional holiday meal for Christmas day. We were going to have fish.
As I drove toward Birmingham, in order to stay alert, I made up a short song – A Christmas Fish. It was probably around 4:00 AM before I got to bed. So I wasn’t even up and dressed until almost time for lunch. When I got my plate with the fish, and just barely awake, I had Annette to film my new short song.
The video is not great. But it is the original. Click to see it below:
I will post just a couple of other short poems without commentary. So without further ado:
Crocodile Gulp
The crocodile went to the dentist
And sat down in the chair.
Now tell me sir, why does it hurt and where?
The crocodile opened his mouth real wide,
So the dentist got up and crawled inside.
Then the crocodile said, “GULP – I lied.”
Steven A. Green
Little Doggy
Once there was a little doggy
Who lived with a poor little froggy.
They lived in a house that was soggy
And that was OK with the froggy.
But the doggy was upset
Because he was wet,
So he took a jet
To Hawaii.
Steven A. Green