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hartley@toto.pitton.com Lyr Req: frog went a courtin (Cheshire) (37) RE: Lyrics: frog went a courtin 29 Mar 97

Maybe there is one version for every year it has been around. From my source "The earliest recorded date for this old favorite is 1549, when it was mentioned in an English play. The first time the entire ballad was printed, it was known as 'A Moste Strange Wedding of the Frogge and the Mouse.'..." This printing was in Wedderburn's Complaints of Scotland, 1580. I have a version that was probably used as a spinning song with the a-hum refrain, imitating the sound of the wheel. Interesting?

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