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1205: 122:, the frog fights and kills Miss Mouse's other suitors (an owl, bat and bumblebee) after they interrupt his proposal. Uncle Rat's permission received, the two work out details of the wedding. Some versions end with a cat, snake or other creature devouring or chasing the couple and wedding guests. Sometimes the frog gets away, but is later swallowed by a duck. Usually, the final verse states that there's a piece of food on the shelf, and that if the listener wants to hear more verses, they have to sing it themselves. 1741: 688: 138:; however, that was in 1579 and the version in Scots had been published thirty years earlier. If the second known version (1611, in Melismata, also reprinted in Chappell) were the oldest, this might be possible — there are seeming political references to "Gib, our cat" and "Dick, our drake." But the Wedderburn text, which at least anticipates the song, predates the reign of Queen Elizabeth by nine years, and 214: 177:), "Miss Mouse", married to the three-year old French Prince Louis – the "frog" – and that the song resurfaced a few years later, with changes, when another French (frog) wooing caused concern – that of the Duke of Anjou and Queen Elizabeth I in 1579. Elizabeth even nicknamed Anjou, her favorite suitor, "the frog". 274:, Jerry's Uncle Pecos stays with him while getting ready for a television appearance, and continues to pluck Tom's whiskers to use as guitar strings throughout the cartoon. It is an improvised version with many lyrics that are unintelligible, and many changed. For example, he stutters and gives up when he tries to say " 1476:(1937), pp. 244–248, "The Frog He Went a-Courting" (3 texts, the first two, with local titles "Frog Went a-Courting" and "Frog Went Courting" and tune on p. 420, are this song; the third item, "The Gentleman Frog", is separate, probably part of the "Kemo Kimo"/"Frog in the Well" family) 289:
Some refer to this song as "Crambone", as it is repeated at the end of many lines and said more clearly than the other words in this version. For example, the line is "Froggie went a-courtin' he did ride/Crambone". Fisher, in character as Pecos, delivers the
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A 1977 animated version of the folk tune features a happier ending for Froggie and Miss Mousie: they honeymoon around the world and give birth to two frog/mouse combination children and complete the song with "If you want more, you've got to sing it
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According to Albert Jack in his book "Pop Goes the Weasel: The secret meanings of nursery rhymes" (pp. 33–37, copyright 2008), the earliest known version of the song was published in 1549 as "The Frog Came to the Myl Dur" in Robert Wedderburn's
154:(New World Records 239, 1977), suggests that the original may have been satirically altered in 1580 when it was recorded in the register of the London Company of Stationers, as this would have been at the height of the unpopular courtship. 673:, a reference to the song is made when the character Antony J. Crowley is faced with a large traffic jam, says "hey ho!" To himself and begins ramming his way through, echoing the refrain from Sir Antony Rowley. 1693:(1962), #69, pp. 77–79, "(There was a frog liv'd in a well)" (a complex composite with a short version of "Frog Went a-Courting" plus enough auxiliary verses to make an almost complete "Kemo Kimo" text) 117:
The lyrics involve a frog courting a mouse (Missie Mouse). The mouse is willing to marry the frog, but she must ask permission of Uncle Rat. In other versions such as "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" by
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goes a-courtin' Miss Mousey—and ends up fighting a giant rat romantic rival. In the end, Miss Mousey goes off with a third suitor while Kermit and the rat lie prone nearby, exhausted from their battle.
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Although the birthplace of Robert Greene is uncertain, and often theorised as Norfolk, the dramatist is associated with Suffolk through the Norfolk–Suffolk borderland setting of his successful play,
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JHCoxIIB, #22A-E, pp. 174–182, "Mr. Mouse Went a-Courting", "The Frog and the Mouse", "Frog Went a-Courting", "A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go" (3 texts plus 2 fragments, 5 tunes)
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of 1580 to "A Moste Strange Weddinge of the Frogge and the Mouse." There are many texts of the ballad; however the oldest known musical version is found in
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and the Four Cats singing quartet, "Saku Sammakko", Finnish re-working of the song (on "Mörri-Möykyn toivekonsertti - 27 toivottua lastenlaulua", 1961)
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Broadside Ballad Index: Incomplete Contents Listing of 17th Century Broadside Ballad Collections, With a Few Ballads and Garlands of the 18th Century
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An instrumental of the song is played in the 1992 VHS "Let's Draw!" in the scene where a number 8 is drawn into a frog.
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episode "Hamhocks and Armlocks" begins with the titular Dexter and his family singing the song on a road trip.
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The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, Volume Three: Folk Songs from North Carolina
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This article is about a traditional English folk song. For the 1956 Caldecott Medal-winning book, see
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An explicit adaption of the "King Kong Kitchie-Kitchie Ki-Me-Oh" version, named "What Do You Say" by
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Creighton-Senior, pp. 250–254, "The Frog and the Mouse" (3 texts plus 4 fragments, 2 tunes)
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Dick Greenhaus & Susan Friedman (editors), "The Digital Tradition", 306, FRGCORT2* PUDDYWL2
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Adolphus Le Ruez: "The Frog and the Mouse" (on "Folk Songs of Britain, Vol. X: Animal Songs")
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In Barney's Talent Show, the song was told by the puppets and using slightly altered lyrics.
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Annie Paterson: "The Frog and the Mouse" (on "Folk Songs of Britain, Vol. X: Animal Songs")
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briefly sings the song while giving his oldest daughter D.J. guitar lessons in the sitcom
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tree" and says "way down yonder by the ...", stammers out the names of several types of
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Unknown artist(s): "A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go" (Harper-Columbia 1162, c. 1919)
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Danny Dell And The Trends: "Froggy Went a Courting" (Rockin' RR160 single, 1960)
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performed perhaps the best known version, one in which Frog and Miss Mousie are
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in The Baby's Opera A book of old Rhymes and The Music by the Earliest Masters
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wrote a series of variations "Frog He Went a Courting" for cello and piano.
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Edith Fulton Fowke (Literary Editor) and Richard Johnston (Music Editor),
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by four. If it refers to any queen at all, it would seemingly have to be
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Careful, "Frog Went a'Courting" (on "Because I Am Always Talking", 2012)
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Tom Scott, "Froggie Went a Courtin" Signature record number 15098 78 RPM
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rather than English. There is a reference in the London Company of
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The song has been heard by many people (as "Froggie Went a-Courtin
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American Favorite Ballads: Tunes and Songs as sung by Pete Seeger
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Lonesome Tunes: Folk Songs from the Kentucky Mountains, Volume I
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Lonesome Tunes: Folk Songs from the Kentucky Mountains, Volume I
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Dorothy Olsen (the Singing Schoolteacher): "Frog Went a-Courtin
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Season 4, Episode 3 "Parallel Play", Russell Corwin, played by
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Adaptation of subject matter to a different tune and meter by
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Ballads and Songs Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society
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film released in 1935, and the second screen adaptation of
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Emelyn Elizabeth Gardner and Geraldine Jencks Chickering,
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any relevant information into other sections or articles.
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Spaeth has a note claiming that the original referred to
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Elisabeth Bristol Greenleaf and Grace Yarrow Mansfield,
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Moon, Troy (24 May 1991). "Flat Duo Jets come rockin'".
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Otis High & Flarrie Griffin: "Froggie Went a-Courtin
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Drusilla Davis: "Frog Went a-Courting" (AFS 347 B, 1935)
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Pleaz Mobley: "Froggie Went a-Courting" (AFS; on LC12)
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hums the song during a standoff with the Denarians in
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that aired on May 23, 2007. This version was sung by
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is heard to sing the opening verse on an episode of
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http://www.folklorist.org/song/Frog_Went_A-Courting
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Steve Simmons and Dario RĂ©, "Froggie Went a-Courtin
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Baring-Gould and Ceil Baring-Gould, 1630:(1934), pp. 310–313, "Frog Went a-Courtin 1542:Helen Hartness Flanders and Marguerite Olney, 550:, appeared on the soundtrack of the 2009 film 1467:Folksongs of Mississippi and their Background 1331: 1103:Over 150 recorded versions are listed on the 543:as one of 'Bob Fleming's Country Favourites'. 1595:(1982), 142, "Missie Mouse" (1 text, 1 tune) 1483:(1925), pp. 46–48, "Frog Went a-Courtin 1413:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 617:), repeatedly sings and listens to the song. 1655:(1961), p. 56, "Froggie Went a-Courtin 1143:Elizabeth Mitchell, "Froggie Went a-Courtin 1096:, "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" (on " 799:(as "Juliet Canova"): "Frog Went a-Courtin 1707:(1973), p. 403, "Frog Went a-Courtin 1279: 928:Tom Tall: "Froggy Went a-Courting" (1958) 1619:Moses Asch, Josh Dunson and Ethel Raim, 1397: 1203: 974:: "A Froggy He Would a-Wooing Goo" (on " 713:by adding descriptive text and removing 516:It has also been used in the episode of 309:Other examples in film and TV include: 150:, however, in the liner notes to the LP 1684:The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes 1664:A Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book 393:, the girls are singing it when Angel ( 76: 1804: 1537:Ballads and Sea Songs from Nova Scotia 1506:Ballads and Songs of Southern Michigan 1077:We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions 323:trio (1948) and later, quintet (1963). 1793:for a version of the traditional song 1718:.", ZN3249, "It was a frog in a well" 1530:Folksongs from Southern New Brunswick 1513:Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland 1199: 1140:" (on "American Folk Songbook", 2011) 613:Season 2, Episode 11 "Be True", Sam ( 559:Mike Oldfield covered as a B side of 440:The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 294:with a glottal stutter on the letter 1474:A Song Catcher in Southern Mountains 1375:"The Frog Song Lyrics - Mary O'Hara" 1358: 1265:"Yo para ser feliz quiero un camiĂłn" 1163:Alfred Deller and The Deller Consort 681: 658:) sings the opening line as he mops. 634: 270:, in character as "Uncle Pecos." In 207: 1577:Loraine Wyman and Howard Brockway, 1570:Loraine Wyman and Howard Brockway, 1249:"King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" 495:sings a version of the song in the 13: 1847:Nursery rhymes of uncertain origin 1639:A Treasury of New England Folklore 1523:Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia 1252:"There Lived a Puddie in the Well" 966:Disney Children's Favorite Songs 4 762:Thomas Ravenscroft version (1611) 593:'s Broadway hit. The film starred 203: 180:Another theory traces the song to 14: 1878: 1732: 1598:Cecil Sharp & Maud Karpeles, 1318:Vaughan Williams Memorial Library 224:list of miscellaneous information 1739: 1621:Anthology of American Folk Music 1565:Southern Folk Ballads, Volume II 1558:Folksongs of Britain and Ireland 1481:On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs 1338:. SUNY Press. pp. 524–533. 1189:" (on songstory/storysong, 2009) 1090:" (on "A Tribute to Love", 2008) 875:Anthology of American Folk Music 686: 212: 1646:A Treasury of Southern Folklore 1628:American Ballads and Folk Songs 1026:: "Froggy Went a-Courting" (on 821:"Knock Knock" (or "KK") on the 650:, the janitor "Flycatcher" (in 579:The song is frequently sung in 302:'s version used "Hey-hey", and 1778:Watch the animated adaptation 1626:John A. 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Index

Frog Went A-Courtin' (book)
Nursery rhyme
Songwriter(s)
Roud
alternative titles
English-language
folk song
Complaynt of Scotland
Scots
Stationers' Register
Thomas Ravenscroft
Chubby Parker
François, Duke of Anjou
Elizabeth I of England
Queen Mary
Mary Stuart
Evelyn K. Wells
Mary of Guise
Henry VIII
Mary Queen of Scots
Suffolk
Rowley
Pole
Bacon
Greene
list of miscellaneous information
relocate
Tom and Jerry
Pecos Pest
Shug Fisher

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