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Thread #22217 Message #3579685
Posted By: Jim Carroll
28-Nov-13 - 01:43 PM
Thread Name: froggie went a courtin
Subject: RE: froggie went a courtin
Nicest version I've heard in a long time - from the cassette album, Here is a Health
Jim Carroll
There was a frog lived in a well
Fall aye linkum laddie
And a mouse that kept a mill
Tidy Ann, tidy Ann, ditherum di dum dandy
One day says the frog, I'm going to court
With my shoes as black as soot
The horse he rode was a big black snail
Saddle and bridle in under his tail
Frog rode up to the mouse's hole
Rapped the door stout and bold
Arrah missie mouse are you in?
Yes I am, I sit and spin
Arrah missie mouse will you wed?
Will you come into my bed?
Now uncle rat is not at home
Without his leave I'll marry none
Uncle rat he then came down
In his silk and muslin gown
Bring in the table til we dine
Change a farthing and bring in wine
Just as the talk was getting slack
In walked a kittling and a cat
Cat seized uncle by the crown
Kittling knocked wee mousie down
Horsey snail rode up the wall
Says the devil is among you all
Frog he then rode round the room
Just like any sporting groom
In came a flock of neighbour's ducks
Soon devoured the backelors up
Now this whole family went to rack
Between the kittling, ducks and cat
(From the singing of Annie McKenzie, Boho, Co. Fermanagh, recorded by Sean Corcoran)