Lyr Add: Frog and the Crow

Subject: Lyr Add: Frog and the Crow
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 20 Nov 24 - 02:04 PM

THE FROG AND THE CROW
Mother Goose's Bicycle Tour
by Bonnell, M. A
Publication date 1901Nursery rhymesPublisher Toronto : W. BriggsCollection thomasfishercanadiana; thomasfisher; toronton
The first 1901 version is different than newer ones.
Upper/Lower cleft SCORE notation page 38 - 41
((https://archive.org/details/mothergoosesbicy00bonn/page/38/mode/2up)

Une che're petite greenonille
Lived on the river bank.
Un corbeau noir et gaillard
Came to get a drink oh!

"Come ashore, come ashore,"
Dit le corbeau a la greenonille.
"Come ashore, come ashore,"
Dit le corbeau a la greenonille.

2
"And you shall hear the music
On yonder green hill oh!
And you shall see the dancers
All dressed up in yellow.
Je vous remercie, Je vous remercie,

Dit la petitea la greenonille,
Je vous remarsin, Je vous remarsin
Dit le juene a la greenonille.

3.
So the frog began-a jumping
Began-a jumping to land oh!
And the crow began a hopping
To give her his hand, oh!

" Je vous mercie, je vous mercie,"
Dit encour juene a la greenonille.
"Miss you are welcome: Miss you are welcome,"
Dit le corbeau a la greenonille.

4
"But where is the music,
On yonder hill, oh!
And where are the dancers
All dressed up in yellow?"
                         ..............          YEOGH! (Scream)
   







Newer Version

A jolly fat frog lived in the river swim-o!
A handsome black crow lived on the river brim-o!
"Come on shore! Come on shore!"
Said the crow to the frog, and then-o!
"No, you'll bite me! No, you'll bite me!"
Said the frog to the crow again-o!
"Oh, there is sweet music on yonder green hill-o!
And you shall be a dancer, a dancer all in yellow,
All in yellow! All in yellow!"
Said the crow to the frog, and then-o!
"All in yellow! All in yellow!"
Said the crow to the frog again-o!
"Farewell, ye little fishes, that in the river swim-o!
I'm going to be a dancer, a dancer all in yellow."
"Oh, beware! Oh, beware!"
Said the fish to the frog; and then-o!
"I'll take care! I'll take care!"
Said the frog to the fish again-o!
The frog began a-swimming, a-swimming to the land-o!
And the crow began a-jumping, to give him a-hand-o!
"Sir, you're welcome! Sir, you're welcome!"
Said the crow to the frog, and then-o!
"Sir, I thank you! Sir, I thank you!"
Said the frog to the crow again-o!
"But where is the sweet music on yonder green hill-o?
And where are all the dancers, the dancers in yellow?
"Sir, they're here! Sir, they're here!"
Said the crow to the frog —(Swallows the frog) GULP!

The Saint Cecilia Singers
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4bzs3Ps4M)

Children's Song - shortened version
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iCiYacdyoDQ)

Simple notation
(https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Frog-and-the-Crow.png)

Folk Singer - Dany Rosevear with Alan Rosevear - 2016
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6NbBEJqco)

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Sung only once in any Mudcat Worldwide Sing Around - Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround, Date: 21 Apr 21 - 09:45 PM, threadid:169212. Common song is 1950's UK Elementery school books.

Songs, poems and stories from the 19/20 April 



(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4bzs3Ps4M)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Frog and the Crow
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Nov 24 - 04:09 PM

Great song, Gargoyle! I'm stumped trying to find who sang the song on April 19, 2021 at the Mudcat Singaround. I can't find my Zoom chat records from 2021. I find 2020 and 2022, though. Gee, you sure gave me a lot of links to blickify.
-Joe-

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Here's the entry from the Traditional Ballad Index:

Frog and the Crow, The

DESCRIPTION: "A (funny/jolly) fat frog lived in the river," and a crow suggests it come ashore. The frog says it will bite him. The crow replies that there is sweet music and a dance. The frog leaves the river and, just before it is eaten, asks where the dance is.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (Notes & Querries, as "The Frog and the Crow of Ennow")
KEYWORDS: animal bird food trick
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, p. 95, "Frog and Crow" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7520
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Frog and the Crow of Ennow
NOTES [26 words]: Chaunticleer, meet Fox. This is very much like Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale, except without the happy ending. As written, it sounds like a beast fable. - RBW
Last updated in version 4.3
File: Boet095

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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Frog and the Crow
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 20 Nov 24 - 05:22 PM

Wrong Link in my previous posting.

The Saint Cecilia Singers
"Frog and Crow"
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4bzs3Ps4M)

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Fun ... beautiful rendering ... well worth a two minute listen.

Fixed. -Joe-