The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1155 Message #3548
Posted By: Bert Hansell
27-Mar-97 - 11:57 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: frog went a courtin (Cheshire)
Subject: Lyr Add: HERE'S TO CHESHIRE
Here you go. I got this from a Spinners album.
It's also in Rise Up Singing.
HERE'S TO CHESHIRE
Songwriter: Leslie Haworth
There was an old frog lived in a well
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
A pretty little mouse lived in a mill
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Froggy went a courting and he did ride
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
He said 'Missy Mouse you must decide'
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
CHORUS
Here's to Cheshire, Here's to Cheese
here's to the pears and the apple trees
here's to the lovely strawberries
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
For I am rich and I am brave
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
What better husband could you have
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
I'll not take your word for that
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
You'll have to satisfy Uncle Rat
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Rat said "I'm very much afraid"
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
"If you don't take Froggy then you'll die an old maid"
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
So the Knot was tied secure and fast
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
She's off her uncle's hands at last
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Open the oysters, spill champagne
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Never will there be such a feast again
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Tune up the fiddle and let's have a square
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Top couple must be the happy pair
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
As they were going it hot and strong
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
The good gray cat come prowling along
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Into the window and out of the yard
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Didn't bring no invitation card
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Uncle Rat like a hero stood
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Puss wet her whiskers in his blood
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Miss Mouse she made a dive for a crack
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Puss made a pounce and broke her back
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Where was the valiant frog this while
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Just about broke the four minute mile
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Came to a brook and he didn't stop to look
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
The old drake nabbed him in his fluke
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
That was the end of him and of her
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Won't be no tadpoles covered in fur
Ding! Dang! Dong! go the Wedding Bells
Note from Joe Offer: See note below (click) about the authorship of this song: by Leslie Haworth, a Cheshire strawberry farmer who was a stalwart of the early Spinner's folk club at Sampson & Barlow's Grill in Liverpool in the early sixties.