Frog Went Wooing (OT2003-3001-006)
Dublin Core
Title
Frog Went Wooing (OT2003-3001-006)
Alternative Title
Frog Went A-Courting
There Was a Puggie in a Well
Sing Song Kitty
Froggie Would A-Wooing Go
Great Lord Frog to Lady Mouse
It Was a Mouse
Frog in the Spring
Description
Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3001, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.
Creator
Source
Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date Created
1961-10-11
Contributor
Is Part Of
Language
en
Type
Identifier
VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3001-006
Rights Holder
Vermont Folklife Center
Song Item Type Metadata
Local Title
Frog Went Wooing
Standard Title
Frog and Mouse
Standard Title Reference
Folk Music Index (http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex)
Transcription
Froggie would a-wooing go
Whether his lover was wooing or no
So off she started with his nice new hat
On this road he met with a rat
Pray Mister Rat will you go with me
Kind Misses Mousie for to see
They soon arrived at Mousie's hall
And they gave a loud knock and they gave a loud call
[MacArthur suggests that Hastings sing]
Pray Misses Mouse are you within
Yes kind sir I'm sitting to spin
[Hastings explains: "And every while that comes in, 'uh-huh,' you know"]
Pray Misses Mouse may we come in
Yes kind sirs I'm sitting to spin
You sing us a song
But let it be something that's not very long
They soon
While they were making a merry din
The cat and the kitten come tumbling in
They cat she sees the rat with the crown
And the kitten pulled the little mouse down
This gave Mister Frog a terrible fright
So he picked up his hat and he bid them good night
Froggie was crossing a [unintelligible] brook
A little white duck came and gobbled him up
So that was the end of one-two-three
The mouse and the rat and the little froggie
Whether his lover was wooing or no
So off she started with his nice new hat
On this road he met with a rat
Pray Mister Rat will you go with me
Kind Misses Mousie for to see
They soon arrived at Mousie's hall
And they gave a loud knock and they gave a loud call
[MacArthur suggests that Hastings sing]
Pray Misses Mouse are you within
Yes kind sir I'm sitting to spin
[Hastings explains: "And every while that comes in, 'uh-huh,' you know"]
Pray Misses Mouse may we come in
Yes kind sirs I'm sitting to spin
You sing us a song
But let it be something that's not very long
They soon
While they were making a merry din
The cat and the kitten come tumbling in
They cat she sees the rat with the crown
And the kitten pulled the little mouse down
This gave Mister Frog a terrible fright
So he picked up his hat and he bid them good night
Froggie was crossing a [unintelligible] brook
A little white duck came and gobbled him up
So that was the end of one-two-three
The mouse and the rat and the little froggie
Location
Duration
1:35
Files
Collection
Citation
Hastings, Ethel, “Frog Went Wooing (OT2003-3001-006),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed May 12, 2024, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/923.
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