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Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Froggie Went a Courtin'
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"Frog Went A-Courtin'" is an English language folk song. Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn's Complaynt of Scotland (1548) under the name "The frog came to the myl dur", though this is in Scots rather than English. There is a reference in the London Company of Stationer's Register 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 in Thomas Ravenscroft's Melismata in 1611.
Frog rides to ask Miss Mouse to marry him. She is willing but must ask permission of Uncle Rat. Rat's permission received, the two work out details of the wedding. Some versions end with a cat or other creature devouring the participants. Sometimes the frog gets away from the cat but is later swallowed by a duck. See "Frog Went A-Courting" at Wikisource for one version of the lyrics.
The notes on this song in Cazden et al. (pp. 524–532) constitute probably the best succinct summary available on variants of this piece.
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"Frog Went A-Courtin'" is an English language folk song. Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn's Complaynt of Scotland (1548) under the name "The frog came to the myl dur", though this is in Scots rather than English. There is a reference in the London Company of Stationer's Register 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 in Thomas Ravenscroft's Melismata in 1611.
Frog rides to ask Miss Mouse to marry him. She is willing but must ask permission of Uncle Rat. Rat's permission received, the two work out details of the wedding. Some versions end with a cat or other creature devouring the participants. Sometimes the frog gets away from the cat but is later swallowed by a duck. See "Frog Went A-Courting" at Wikisource for one version of the lyrics.
The notes on this song in Cazden et al. (pp. 524–532) constitute probably the best succinct summary available on variants of this piece.
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