Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mr. Froggie Went A - Courtin', artist - Burl Ives. Album song The Wayfaring Stranger - The Golden Years, in the genre Релакс
Date of issue: 17.05.2003
Record label: Jasmine
Song language: English
Mr. Froggie Went A - Courtin' |
Burl Ives — Froggie went A-courtin |
Mister Frog went a-courtin, he did ride, uh-huh, uh-huh. |
Mister Frog went a-courtin, he did ride, uh-huh, uh-huh. |
Mister Frog went a-courtin, he did ride, |
A sword and buckler by his side, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. |
He bridled and saddled a big fat snail, uh-huh, uh-huh. |
He bridled and saddled a big fat snail, uh-huh, uh-huh. |
He bridled and saddled a big fat snail, |
And rode it 'tween the horns and tail, uh-huh, uh-huh. |
uh-huh. |
(all remaining verses same lines, rhythm and meter, |
so duplication omitted) |
He rode up to Miss Mousie’s door, |
Where he had often been before. |
He called «Miss Mouse, are you within?» |
«Yes sir, I’m sitting down to spin.» |
He took Miss Mouse upon his knee |
And asked «My Dear, will you marry me?» |
«I'll have to ask my Uncle Rat, |
To see what he will say to that.» |
«Without my Uncle Rat’s consent |
I wouldn’t marry the President.» |
Frog jumped on his snail and rode away. |
He vowed to come another day. |
Now Uncle Rat, when he came home |
Asked «Who's been here since I was gone?» |
«A very fine frog’s been calling here |
And asked for me to be his dear.» |
Uncle Rat, he laughed and shook his sides |
To think his niece would be a bride. |
So Uncle Rat rode into town |
To buy Miss Mouse a wedding gown. |
Say, where will the wedding supper be? |
Just down by the river in a hollow tree. |
Say, what will the wedding supper be? |
One green bean and a black-eyed pea. |
What else will the wedding supper be? |
A fried mosquito and a roasted flea. |
Pray tell us how Miss Mousie dressed? |
In a cobweb veil and her Sunday best. |
And what did Mister Froggie wear? |
Sky-blue pants and a doublet fair. |
SEE ALTERNATE ENDING AFTER VERSE 27 |
First guest to call was the Bumble Bee, |
And he played them a fiddle tune upon his knee. |
The next to come were the Duck and Drake, |
Who ate every crumb of the wedding cake. |
«Come Miss Mouse, may we have some beer, |
That your uncle and I may have some cheer?» |
«Pray, Mister Frog, will ye sing a song |
That’s bright and cheery and shan’t last long?» |
«Indeed, Miss Mouse,"replied the Frog, |
«A cold has made me as hoarse as a hog.» |
«Since a cold in the head has laid you up, |
I’ll sing you a song that I just made up.» |
The all sat down and started to chat, |
When in came the kittens and the cat. |
The bride, in fright, runs up the wall, |
Turns her ankle and down she falls. |
They all went sailing 'cross the lake |
And all got swallowed by a big black snake. |
And the ones who escaped were one, two, three, |
The Frog, the Rat and Miss Mousie. |
The Mouse and Frog went off to France, |
And that’s the end of their romance. |
There’s bread and jam upon the shelf, |
If you want some, just help yourself. |
ALTERNATE ENDING: |
First to come in were two little ants, |
Fixing around to have a dance. |
Next to come in was a fat sassy lad, |
Thinking himself as big as his dad. |
Thinks himself a man indeed |
Because he chews the tobacco weed. |
And next to come in was a big tomcat, |
He swallowed the Frog, and the Mouse and the Rat. |
Next to come in was a big old snake, |
He chased the party into the lake. |
So that’s the end of one, two, three, |
The Rat, the Frog, and Miss Mousie. |