Mar 15, 2024
Sometimes you have to kiss a bunch of frogs to find true love. Listen to our story behind our song “Frog Kissin’” and get an update about our next CD.
It’s all on the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast #80
0:02 - NAGIANS ONLY: Bard Specific Content, Where were they?
- Rant about public domain and arrangements
- Andrew at Sherwood
- Marc’s new CD Come Adventure With Me
19:48 - Brobdingnagian Bards “Wild Mountain Thyme” from A Faire to Remember
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23:44 - HOW LONG IS A BROBDINGNAGIAN MINUTE?
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28:46 - BARD NEWS
- Frog Kissin Story
- New monthly Bards Blog
- New CD, Another Faire to Remember
Marc Gunn
- MAR 17: Wings Cafe & Tap House, Marietta, GA @ 3-7 PM
- MAR 23-24: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
- MAR 28: Dragon Con Filk Music Concert w/ Brobdingnagian Bards @ 8 PM
- MAR 30-31: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
- APR 19-21: Jordan Con, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, GA
Andrew McKee
- MAR 2 - APR 21st: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
- MAY 18th - JUN 9th: New Jersey Ren Faire, Columbus, NJ
34:01 - TODAY’S SONG STORY: FROG KISSIN’
- Recorded by Chet Atkins originally.
- I heard a version by Ed Kilbourne. It was in 4/4 time and sounded nothing like our version. Our is in 3/4 time. That was the only way I could make it sound like a song that belonged at a Renaissance Festival.
- Stage performance choreography
Frog Kissin' Lyrics
words and music by Buddy Kalb, arrangement Marc Gunn
Do you remember in the fairy tale, how the wicked witches
spell
Turned the handsome prince to a toad?
By the power of a potion, she handed him the notion
He was lower than the dirt in the road.
And though she left him green and warted, her evil plans were
thwarted
Their chanced to happen by a young miss
Who in spite of his complexion, offered him affection
And broke the wicked curse with her kiss
So if you've never been frog kissing
Then you don't know what you've been missin',
There's a wealth of opportunity under each and every log.
And if you've never been charm-breakin',
Then you've never been handsome prince makin'.
You've got to slow down, turn around, bend down,
Kiss you a frog!
Once upon a time ago, I was down and feelin' low
Like a lonely frog in a pond
My life was just a joke, and I was just about to croak
Cuz I'd be zapped by life's wicked wand.
But in the depths of my depression, there came a true
expression
Of love from a person so sweet.
She gave me warm fuzzy feelings, feelings that were healin'
And she knocked me off my little webbed feet.
There's a happy-ever-after-land, deep in the heart of man
Where a prince and princess abides.
But all we get are glimpses, of the happy prince or princess
'Cauce they're covered with a green warty hide.
Though they're full of life's potential, they're lacking one
essential
To enable them to shine like a star.
That's a handsome guy or missus, to smother them with kisses
And love them just the way that they are.
That's the secret of frog kissing
You can do it too if you'll just listen
There's a wealth of opportunity under each and every log.
That's the secret of charm-breakin',
That's the secret of handsome prince makin'.
You've got to slow down, turn around, bend down,
Kiss you a…
You've got to slow down, turn around, bend down,
Kiss you a…
You've got to slow down, turn around, bend down,
Kiss you a frog!
47:32 - Brobdingnagian Bards “Frog Kissin’” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales
50:29 - CLOSING
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