Courting
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Frog went a-courtin´
and he did ride;
a-huh, a-huh
frog went a-courtin´
and he did ride
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sword and pistol by his side;
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a-huh, a-huh.
He rode down to Miss Mouse´s door, a-huh, a-huh;
he roud down to Miss Mouse´s door,
where he had often been before, a-huh, a-huh.
He took Miss Mousie on his knee, a-huh, a-huh;
he took Miss Mousie on his knee,
said: ´Miss Mousie will you marry me?´ A-huh, a-huh.
´I´ll have to ask my uncle Rat...
see what he will say to that.´,...
´Without my uncle Rat´s consent,...
I would not marry the President.´
Uncle Rat laughed and shook his fat sides,
to think his niece would be a bride.
Uncle Rat rode off to town
to buy his niece a wedding gown.
´Where will the wedding supper be?´
´Way down yonder in a hollow tree.´
´What will the wedding supper be?´
´A fried mosquito and a roasted flea.´
The first to come in were two ants,
crawling around to have a dance.
Next to come in was a bumble bee,
bouncing a fiddle on his knee.
Next to come in was a boy,
playing ´round with his toy.
And next to come in was a big tomcat,
that swallowed the frog, mouse and rat.
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