The Badge Archive

Recordings

• YouTube – Gary McCallester

Lyrics

I know how ugly I are.
My face it ain’t no star.
I’m behind it –
So I do not mind it.
If the folks up front get the jar.

The frog, he am a weird bird.
He ain’t got no tail almost hardly.
He wun, and he wump,
And he whump where him set,
And he ain’t got no tail almost hardly!

Blest be the tie that binds
My collar to my shirt.
I’m wasting no dollars
In buying new collars
To hid that ring of dirt!

Variations:

I’d rather have fingers than toes.
I’d rather have eyes than a nose.
As for my hair,
I’m so glad it’s all there –
I’ll be terribly sad when it goes!

I wish that my room had a floor.
I don’t care so much for a door.
This walking around,
Without touching the ground,
Is beginning to be quite a bore!

We’d rather have beauty than brains
We’d rather be good looking Janes
We know we ain’t witty,
But gee, we are pretty
We’d rather have beauty than brains.

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References:

• “Blest Be the Tie That Binds – Lyrics.” Scoutsongs.com, 2025, http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/blest-be-the-tie-that-binds.html. Accessed 8 May 2025.
• “Campfire Songs.” Troops 127 and 722, primetroop.org/_/Campfire_files/campfire_songs.pdf. Accessed 8 May 2025.
• “The Froggy He.” Numachi.com, 2025, sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiFROGGYHE.html. Accessed 8 May 2025.