Frederic the Frog's Nighttime Jig
Channel: fluidvolt
Date: 2013-01-12

Yessir, a while back--couldn't've been more than a week or two ago--a tiny speckled frog hopped up to my back porch, a miniature squeeze box on its back. Said he was Frederic and that he'd play me a song. And by God he did! I transcribed it as fast as he played it, thinking it a highly notable event; I don't know 'bout y'all, but frogs don't play many serenades around these parts, much less play 'em to us humans... not to mention the tune wasn't half bad either! He played and I wrote, and when he finished and sat back down I named it "Frederic (that was his name, remember) the Frog's Nighttime Jig". On this point, he emphatically disagreed; y'see, he argued that his piece was anything but a jig, as it wasn't by any stretch in triple time. Try as I might to convince him that the public wouldn't mind, and that it was quite the catchy title, my words just slid off his back--a frog's back'll do that--after which he gave up trying to change my mind and played a big fat 'D' flat to drown me out. I reckon when the royalties on the sheet music start making their way back to him, he'll appreciate my talent for marketin'.

Mp3 download: https://soundcloud.com/fluidvolt/frederic-the-frogs-nighttime