Funniest is the Frog

DESCRIPTION: "Funniest is the frog (x2), Funniest thing that goes about, Funniest is the frog." "Sitting on a log... before he gets half way down, Then he goes ka-chug." "Funniest is... Sploshin' through the rain and mud, But he loves the sun the best."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (Dime-Song-Book #13)
KEYWORDS: animal floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Roberts-SangBranchSettlers, #98, "Funniest is the Frog" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #13, p. 49, "The Scientific Frog" (1 text)
Roud #3444 and 17268
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Lynchburg Town" (lyrics, tune)
NOTES [95 words]: The version of this in Roberts-SangBranchSettlers uses the tune of "Lynchburg Town," and ends with two verses about "Goin' down to Linburg town." On this basis, Roberts and Roud lump them. But I would suggest that "Funniest is the Frog" is a separate piece (although possibly written to be sung to the tune of "Lynchburg Town"), and have split them. I suspect that the use of the tune by "Funniest Is the Frog" attracted the "Lynchburg Town" verses.
Roud makes "Funniest is the Frog" his #3444 and "The Scientific Frog" #17268, but they look like the same thing to me. - RBW
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File: Robe098

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