Toads Of The Short Forest

Lyrics

FZ: At this very moment on stage we have drummer A playing in 7/8, drummer B playing in 3/4, the bass playing in 3/4, the organ playing in 5/8, the tambourine playing in 3/4, and the alto sax blowing his nose

HANDS UP!
POO-LAAAH!

FZ: Thank you

Players On This Song

1st half: FZ--guitar + unknown rhtyhm section

2nd half

• FZ--guitar
• Lowell George--guitar
• Don Preston--keyboards
• Ian Underwood--woodwinds
• Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
• Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood--baritone sax & tambourine
• Buzz Gardner--trumpet & flugel horn
• Roy Estrada--bass
• Jimmy Carl Black--drums
• Art Tripp--drums

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Zappa Albums

Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Notes About This Song

• 1st half: Whitney Studios, Glendale c. August, 1969
• 2nd half: Thee Image, Miami, Florida, February 7-8, 1969

CC Clues In This Song

• The title is the first mention of the Short Forest
• The track on Weasels Ripped My Flesh is citing the beginning of "America Drinks".