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POLISH
JOKE
One
evening without a warning. I wrote music to Jan Brzechwa’s
Polish children tale of a certain madam frog and the
consequence of taking her doctor’s advice seriously. It
came from nowhere. I left Poland a baby many years and few
languages ago.
FRIED FROG
Polish lyrics by
Jan Brzechwa.
Music & translation by Jon Ber
A certain frog lady felt weak.
So she went to the doctor and said: I am sick.
The doctor put on hiss glasses.
As he was getting a bit old.
Then, he examined her precisely.
And at last, said this:
Lady. Dear Lady:
You must sit on a pump.
You must exhale and inhale,
because you must be dry.
The Frog left the doctor
saying I'm sick.
And a patient listens to a doctor.
I have to be dry. I will be dry.
The frog took care of her health.
The frog dried herself dry.
She did it step by step.
But al that remained of her, was a little dust.
And the doctor scratches his ear:
Dry, didn’t work for the dear.