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Mr. Firefly (Professor Buggy Lightning)

from Songs from the Sky by The Bug Family Band

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I love all the Bug Family
Every bug is a part of the family tree
But there’s one little buddy I particularly
wanted to meet, maybe drink a little tea.
So I went down to Pollywog Pond,
where the ferns grow thick and the grass grows long
on a nice warm night in the month of June
and I pulled out my guitar, and I sang this little tune:

“Little Firefly, won’t you come and rest your wings beside me and tell me please, how you make your bum glow so brightly? (So bright your bum) It delights me to see you dancing in the forest at twilight time. I know you’re busy out there, but if you have just a moment to spare, come on over little buddy and pull up a chair.”

And right then a lightning bug flew out of nowhere, landed on my guitar, looked right up at me and said... “Hello!” And I said “Mr.Firefly,” and he said “I’m actually a beetle, not a fly.”
Lightning Bug / Mr.Firefly
Then he said “There are more than 2000 different kinds of us.”
Mr.Firefly, how I love you, you bioluminescent little guy.

Then I said “Oh, won’t you tell me the essence of your bioluminescent ways.” And he said “Oh I assure you it’s quite complex, but I’m more than happy to explain.”
He flew off of my guitar and grabbed a twig from the sand.
He stood on four legs and said “Listen closely, friend.”
With the other two legs he drew it all out in the sand... A complex chemical equation that I did not entirely understand.

That he put down the twig and said “Well, I best be going, I don’t want to be late. I’ve got a very important date, and it’s not easy being a firefly and attracting a mate. But it was a pleasure talking with you, Human. I’m glad I stopped, to stop and conversate.” Then he dusted off his wings and flew off. And I was so inspired by the whole experience that I just had to (“did you do that thing where you go up one note?” ... “yep, you guessed it!”) modulate!

Mr.Firefly (I call him)
He’s actually a beetle, not a fly.
(Professor Buggy Lightning)
Mr.Firefly
And there are more than 2000 different kinds (is that so?!)
Mr.Firefly how I love you, you bioluminescent little guy.

Glow!

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from Songs from the Sky, released April 6, 2019
Music & Lyrics by Madeline Tasquin Streicek

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The Bug Family Band plays rockin' original music for kids & former kids!

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