Subject: froggie went a-courting From: redwork@bright.net Date: 18 Nov 96 - 03:30 PM need the words for this childrens song Link to Froggy Central (click) |
Subject: RE: lyrics From: dick greenhaus Date: 18 Nov 96 - 08:39 PM Hi- This one's TOO easy. Try searching the database for frog* (which will get froggy, froggie and frog.) |
Subject: Lyr Add: FROG HE WOULD ... and HERE'S TO CHESHIRE From: albert.hansell@bentley.com Date: 19 Nov 96 - 08:46 AM Here's a couple of other 'froggies' First is part of an English song that I was supposed to have learned in school next is a modern English froggy that I heard on a Spinners album. Frog he would a-wooing go Heigh Ho says Roly Whether his mother would let him or no Heigh Ho says Anthony Roly With a Roly Poly gammon and spinach Heigh Ho says Anthony Roly ------------------------------------ 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.... (insert every couple of verses or so)
Here's to Cheshire, Here's to Cheese
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Subject: RE: lyrics From: dick greenhaus Date: 19 Nov 96 - 09:01 PM Hi Albert- Nice version! thanx much dick greenhaus |
Subject: Lyr Add: FROG WENT A-COURTIN' (from Bob Dylan) From: Steve Latimer Date: 17 Jun 99 - 02:45 PM Here is the version that Bob Dylan did. Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, Uh-huh, Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, Uh-huh, Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, With a sword and a pistol by his side, Uh-huh. Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-huh, Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-huh, Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door. Gave three loud raps and a very big roar, Uh-huh. Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" Uh-huh, Said he, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" Uh-huh, Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" "Yes, kind sir, I sit and spin," Uh-huh. He took Miss Mousey on his knee, Uh-huh, Took Miss Mousey on his knee, Uh-huh, Took Miss Mousey on his knee. Said, "Miss Mousey, will you marry me?" Uh-huh. "Without my uncle Rat's consent, Uh-huh "Without my uncle Rat's consent, Uh-huh "Without my uncle Rat's consent, "I wouldn't marry the president, Uh-huh." Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides,. To think his niece would be a bride, Uh-huh. Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, Uh-huh, Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, To buy his niece a wedding gown, Uh-huh Where shall the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, Where shall the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, Where shall the wedding supper be? Way down yonder in a hollow tree, Uh-huh What should the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, What should the wedding supper be? Uh-huh, What should the wedding supper be? Fried mosquito in a black-eye pea, Uh-huh. Well, first to come in was a flyin' moth, Uh-huh, First to come in was a flyin' moth, Uh-huh, First to come in was a flyin' moth. She laid out the table cloth, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a juney bug, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a juney bug, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a juney bug. She brought the water jug, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a bumbley bee, Uh-huh Next to come in was a bumbley bee, Uh-huh Next to come in was a bumbley bee. Sat mosquito on his knee, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a broken black flea, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a broken black flea, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a broken black flea. Danced a jig with the bumbley bee, Uh-huh. Next to come in was Mrs. Cow, Uh-huh, Next to come in was Mrs. Cow, Uh-huh, Next to come in was Mrs. Cow. She tried to dance but she didn't know how, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a little black tick, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a little black tick, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a little black tick. She ate so much she made us sick, Uh-huh. Next to come in was a big black snake, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a big black snake, Uh-huh, Next to come in was a big black snake. Ate up all of the wedding cake, Uh-huh. Next to come was the old gray cat, Uh-huh, Next to come was the old gray cat, Uh-huh, Next to come was the old gray cat. Swallowed the mouse and ate up the rat, Uh-huh. Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook, Uh-huh, Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook, Uh-huh, Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook. A lily-white duck come and swallowed him up, Uh-huh. A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf, Uh-huh, A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf, Uh-huh, A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf. If you want anymore, you can sing it yourself, Uh-huh. |
Subject: RE: froggy went a courtin,, need lyrics, chords From: DougR Date: 17 Jun 99 - 02:57 PM Burl Ives rendition differs in the lyrics somewhat, but they are awfully close. Not as many verses. The guitar chords are, F, G7, C7, F, F, F7, G7, C7, F DougR |
Subject: RE: lyrics: froggie went a-courting From: GUEST,Laura Date: 02 Apr 03 - 08:26 PM I am desperate for the song, not just the lyrics but the actual song for Froggie went a-courtin', any good links to sites? |
Subject: RE: lyrics: froggie went a-courting From: GUEST,Q Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:10 PM The midi in the DT doesn't work. Try these in Max Hunter- real audio. Here is one: Froggy At the bottom of the page, other versions are listed. Click on them to see and to listen. |
Subject: RE: lyrics: froggie went a-courting From: masato sakurai Date: 02 Apr 03 - 09:36 PM The Wolf Folklore Collection has 15 versions (with audio recordings). The original "Frog" ("The Marriage of the Frogge and the Mouse") in Melismata (1611) is HERE; Scroll down to "21. It was the Frogge in the well" (pages 37-38). See also Caldecott's picture book: A frog he would a-wooing go (1883) (without tune). ~Masato |
Subject: RE: lyrics: froggie went a-courting From: alanabit Date: 03 Apr 03 - 03:17 AM This is as good as children's songs get isn't it? It has unnatural sex, a disgusting meal and a violent finale. My kids love it! |
Subject: RE: lyrics: froggie went a-courting From: GUEST,Skipper Jack Date: 03 Apr 03 - 02:14 PM There's a "Geordie" version. The Froggie would a-wooing ride Cuddy alone, cuddy alone A Froggie would a-wooing ride Cuddy alone am I. A Froggie would a-wooing ride. With sword and pistol by his side Kick maleerie cowden downs Cuddy alone am I. I have written it down as I heard it, the spelling is probably wrong! |
Subject: RE: lyrics: froggie went a-courting From: GUEST,guest: Willy-the-guest Date: 03 Apr 03 - 02:58 PM My all-time favorite recorded version is on the CD "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Been" by Spider John Koerner. Especially great is the fiddle back-up. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: GUEST Date: 01 Feb 04 - 03:52 PM |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: Richie Date: 21 Jan 07 - 09:48 PM Hi, I did a painting of Froggie Went A-Courtin'. There are several close-ups below the painting. Here's a link to it: http://www.richardlofton.org/froggie.html Richie |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: GUEST,tis2firey Date: 24 Jun 08 - 08:57 AM Thanks for all the lyrics but; I also need the musical notes. It is for my mom, she loved the song as a child and wants to try to learn to play it. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: Steve Gardham Date: 24 Jun 08 - 05:19 PM Off the top of my head I think this song and its many variants almost rivals Barbara Allen in popularity. My favourite ending is sung by Jim Eldon, the Brid Fiddler. Now nature ordered as you were, Ling dum bullydum a Koy me And we won't have tadpoles covered in fur etc. Don't know where he got it from. My favourite version is on an American TV cartoon. Can't remember the name of the crazy character that keeps breaking his fiddle? strings and replaces them by plucking out a cat's whisker who I think is his unappreciative adversary. Froggie wen' a courtin' an he did ride, Crambone! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: Joe_F Date: 24 Jun 08 - 08:36 PM Pete Seeger made that So that was the end of him and her (Dingdangdong go the wedding bells!) Won't be no tadpoles covered in fur (Dingdangdong go the wedding bells!) Here's to Cheshire, here's to cheese, Here's to the pears and the apple trees, And here's to the lovely strawberries (Dingdangdong go the wedding bells!) |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: GUEST, Os Date: 21 Aug 08 - 11:52 AM Updated link to "Froggy Central" - over a hunred verses to this song and lots of background info Froggy Central - Froggy Went a Courtin' -or- a shortcut URL Trak to Froggy Central |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: Desert Dancer Date: 22 Aug 08 - 10:45 AM Thanks, Os! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: scout4song Date: 30 Nov 09 - 07:13 PM All I can say from spending some time clicking around on all of these post threads is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU :^) My late mother and grandmother used to sing this song to me when I was a child. They were both from Kentucky and knew all kinds of folk songs. When they both developed Alzheimers Disease, about 10 years apart, singing songs was the one thing that always made them happy, no matter how scary "the long goodbye" of Alzheimers became for them (and me.) If I had the dough, I'd invest in sending folk singers 'round to Alzheimers wards to sing songs to the folks so they'd have something they could participate in or, at least, to smile at. I can't wait to record my own version of this. God Bless All of You who took the time to do these posts! Lynn Ray Pardo |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: wysiwyg Date: 24 Nov 17 - 08:24 AM Crambone is from a Tom and Jerry cartoon (Quimby), when Uncle Pecos comes to vis it Jerry. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_FyJyurljoM ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: GUEST Date: 24 Nov 17 - 11:31 AM Richard Dyer-Bennet resolved the ballad with a happier ending with these two verses: Then Frog and Mouse lived happily, mm-hmm, Then Frog and Mouse lived happily, mm-hmm, Then Frog and Mouse lived happily, And they were blessed with children three, Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. mm-hmm. And one did croak and two did squeak, mm-hmm, And one did croak and two did squeak, mm-hmm, One did croak and two did squeak, And they had long tails and webbed feet, Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. mm-hmm. Cheerily, Charlie Ipcar |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: Steve Gardham Date: 13 Oct 22 - 11:14 AM A 5-year gap thankyou to wysiwyg. Better late than never. Uncle Pecos keeps busting a string on his banjo and replacing it with one of Jerry's whiskers. Ouch! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Froggie Went A-Courting From: GUEST,Malcolm Storey Date: 13 Oct 22 - 07:35 PM Jim Eldon found (wrote) a satisfactory final verse for whichever personal version you favour. The relevant lines are: So nature ordered as you were We won't have tadpoles covered in fur Cheers |
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