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There was a frog liv'd in a well,
Kitty alone, Kitty alone,
There was a frog liv'd in a well,
Kitty alone and I.
There was a frog liv'd in a well,
And a farce mouse in a mill,
Cock me cary, Kitty alone,
Kitty alone and I.
This frog he would a wooing ride,
Kitty alone, Kitty alone,
This frog he would a wooing ride,
Kitty alone and I.
This frog he would a wooing ride,
And on a snail he got astride,
Cock me cary, Kitty alone,
Kitty alone and I.
... numerous following stanzas
This has a footnote:
Much better known today is the more recent version of this old song that begins:
A frog he would a-wooing go,
Heigh ho! says Rowley,
A frog he would a-wooing go,
Whether his mother would let him or no,
With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.
The Baring-Goulds state that the original version was printed in Gammer Gurton's Garland, first printed in London in 1784. I have read somewhere that there have been efforts to prove that the later version alludes to some English notable, but I forget what that was all about.
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interesting construction
wwh 08/23/2001 1:40 AM 
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Faldage 08/23/2001 12:25 PM 
Re: interesting construction
WhitmanO'Neill 08/24/2001 3:04 AM 
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Bobyoungbalt 08/23/2001 7:00 PM 
Actually®
Faldage 08/23/2001 7:03 PM 
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Keiva 08/23/2001 8:01 PM 
Am I the onliest one
Faldage 08/23/2001 8:12 PM 
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wwh 08/23/2001 8:37 PM 
Re: Am I the onliest one
Keiva 08/23/2001 11:11 PM 
Re: The Old English prefix a-
Faldage 08/24/2001 11:56 AM 
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Bingley 08/24/2001 4:55 AM 
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NicholasW 08/24/2001 7:44 AM 
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of troy 08/24/2001 12:08 PM 
Re: Froggy went
Faldage 08/24/2001 1:03 PM 
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Flatlander 08/24/2001 1:34 PM 
Wooing (courting ) Froggy
Bobyoungbalt 08/24/2001 2:52 PM 
Re: Wooing (courting ) Froggy
of troy 08/24/2001 3:21 PM 
Re: interesting construction
TEd Remington 08/24/2001 3:39 PM 
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