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Thread #163260   Message #3893066
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-Dec-17 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fattenin' Frogs (Mobile Strugglers)
Subject: Lyr Add: I AIN'T FATTENIN' FROGS FOR SNAKES (Larks
From YouTube:

[9] I AIN'T FATTENIN' FROGS FOR SNAKES
As recorded by The Larks, 1951.

CHORUS: I ain't fattenin' frogs for snakes.
I ain't fattenin' frogs for snakes.
If I ain't got just what it takes,
I just won't fatten frogs for snakes. REPEAT

Now you say that you [are] the ruler of the joint.
That may be so but I don't get your point.
Fifty-fifty basis is the golden rule,
So close the blind and lock the doors; it won't be in school. CHORUS

I may look like a fool till I been to school.
Bet your life that I'm real cool.
I been around and I dug your sound.
Listen to me, baby: I know what you puttin' down. CHORUS

Now I think I'll fatten me one or two frogs for a few snakes.
Yes, I might 's well fatten four or five frogs for some snakes.
Since I got just a little bit more than what it would actually take,
I done changed my mind again: I'm not gonna fatten a frog for a snake. CHORUS

Fattenin' frogs for snakes, (4x)
If I ain't got just what it takes,
I just won't fatten frogs for snakes.
Fattenin' frogs for snakes, (4x)
If I ain't got just what it takes,
I just won't fatten frogs for snakes.
You snake!