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BACCHUS AND THE FROGS by ARISTOPHANES

First Line: CHORUS OF FROGS: CROAK - CROAK - CROAK! / BACCHUS: WELL, WELL, - YOU MAY CHOKE
Last Line: CROAK—CROAK—CROAK!
Subject(s): ANIMALS; BACCHUS; FROGS; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL;

@3Chorus of Frogs.@1 Croak—croak—croak!
@3Bacchus.@1 Well, well,—you may choke,—
I care not at all
How loudly you bawl,
This croaking, d'ye see,
It's nothing to me.
@3Leader of Frogs.@1 We care not a jot,
If you like or not,
But as long as our throats
Can compass the notes,
We'll sing, if we choke,
With our—
@3Chorus.@1 Croak—croak—croak!
@3Bacchus.@1 Base son of the pool!
Do you think I'm a fool
To be overcome thus?—
@3Leader of Frogs.@1 And shall you conquer us?
No, no, let us try,—
I'll sing till I die.
@3Bacchus.@1 Well, well, my good fellow,
I'll yell and I'll bellow,
'Tis a shame and a sin
To give way to this din,—
So come on, hearts of oak,—
@3Chorus.@1 Croak—croak—croak—
CROAK—CROAK—CROAK!



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