| A frog went a-courtin' and he did ride, M-hm, M-hm.
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| A frog went a-courtin' and he did ride,
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| Sword and pistol by his side, M-hm, M-hm.
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| He rode up to Miss Mousie’s door, M-hm, M-hm,
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| He rode up to Miss Mousie’s door,
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| Where he’d often been before, M-hm, M-hm.
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| He said, «Miss Mouse, are you within?» |
| M-hm, M-hm,
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| He said, «Miss Mouse, are you within?»
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| «Yes, kind sir, I sit and spin.» |
| M-hm, M-hm.
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| He took Miss Mouse upon his knee, M-hm, M-hm,
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| He took Miss Mouse upon his knee
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| Said «Miss Mouse, will you marry me?» |
| M-hm, M-hm.
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| «Without my Uncle Rat’s consent, M-hm, M-hm,
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| Without my Uncle Rat’s consent
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| I wouldn’t marry the President. |
| «M-hm, M-hm.
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| Uncle Rat, he laughed and shook his fat sides, M-hm, M-hm,
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| Uncle Rat, he laughed and shook his fat sides
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| To think his niece would be a bride, M-hm, M-hm.
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| Then Uncle Rat rode off to town, M-hm, M-hm,
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| Then Uncle Rat rode off to town
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| To buy his niece a wedding gown, M-hm, M-hm.
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| «Oh, where will the wedding supper be?» |
| M-hm, M-hm,
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| «Oh where will the wedding supper be?»
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| «Way down yonder in the hollow tree.» |
| M-hm, M-hm.
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| The first to come was the little white moth, M-hm, M-hm,
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| The first to come was the little white moth
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| She spread out the tablecloth, M-hm, M-hm.
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| The next to come was the bumblebee, M-hm, M-hm,
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| The next to come was the bumblebee
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| Played the fiddle upon his knee, M-hm, M-hm.
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| The next to come was a little flea, M-hm, M-hm,
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| The next to come was a little flea
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| Danced a jig with the bumblebee, M-hm, M-hm.
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| The next to come was Missus Cow, M-hm, M-hm,
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| The next to come was Missus Cow
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| Tried to dance but didn’t know how, M-hm, M-hm.
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| Now Mister Frog was dressed in green, M-hm, M-hm,
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| Now Mister Frog was dressed in green
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| Sweet Miss Mouse looked like a queen, M-hm, M-hm.
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| In slowly walked the Parson Rook, M-hm, M-hm,
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| In slowly walked the Parson Rook
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| Under his arm he carried a book, M-hm, M-hm.
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| They all gathered round the lucky pair, M-hm, M-hm,
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| They all gathered round the lucky pair
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| Singing, dancing everywhere, M-hm, M-hm.
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| Then Frog and Mouse went off to France, M-hm, M-hm,
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| Then Frog and Mouse went off to France
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| That’s the end of my romance, M-hm, M-hm |