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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.
A gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Eight joiners in joiner's hall,
Working with their tools and all;
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Nine peacocks in the air,
I wonder how they all came there,
I don't know nor I don't care;
Eight joiners in joiner's hall,
Working with their tools and all;
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Ten comets in the sky,
Some low and some high;
Nine peacocks in the air,
I wonder how they all came there,
I don't know nor I don't care;
Eight joiners in joiner's hall,
Working with their tools and all;
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Eleven ships sailing o'er the main,
Some bound for France and some for Spain;
Ten comets in the sky,
Some low and some high;
Nine peacocks in the air,
I wonder how they all came there,
I don't know nor I don't care;
Eight joiners in joiner's hall,
Working with their tools and all;
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Twelve huntsmen with horn and hounds,
Hunting over other men's ground;
Eleven ships sailing o'er the main,
Some bound for France and some for Spain;
Ten comets in the sky,
Some low and some high;
Nine peacocks in the air,
I wonder how they all came there,
I don't know nor I don't care;
Eight joiners in joiner's hall,
Working with their tools and all;
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six beetles against a wall,
Close by an old woman's apple-stall
Five puppies by our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call;
Four horses stuck in a bog.
Three monkeys tied to a clog.
Two pudding ends would choke a dog,
With a gaping wide-mouthed waddling frog.
Come, take up your hats, and away let us haste,
To the Bullfrog's ball, and the Grasshopper's feast;
The trumpeter, Gad-fly, has summoned the crew,
And the revels are now only waiting for you.
On the smooth-shaven grass, by the side of a wood,
Beneath a broad oak which for ages has stood,
See the children of earth and the tenants of air,
To an evening's amusement together repair.
And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black,
Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back;
And there came the gnat and the dragonfly too,
With all their relations, green, orange, and blue.
And there came the moth, with her plumage of down,
And the Hornet with jacket of yellow and brown;
And with him the Wasp, his companion, did bring,
But they promised that evening to lay by their sting.
Then the shy little Dormouse peeped out of his hole,
And led to the feast his blind cousin the Mole;
And the Snail, with her horns peeping out of her shell,
Came, fatigued with the distance, the length of an ell.
A mushroom the table, and on it was spread
A water-dock leaf, which their table-cloth made.
The viands were various, to each of their taste,
And the Bee brought the honey to sweeten the feast.
With steps most majestic the Snail did advance,
And he promised the gazers a minuet dance;
But they all laughed so loud that he drew in his head,
And went to his own little chamber to bed.
Then, as evening gave way to the shadows of night,
Their watchman, the Glow-worm, came out with his light,
So home let us hasten, while yet we can see,
For no watchman is waiting for you or for me.
I went to the toad that lives under the wall,
I charmed him out, and he came at my call;
I scratched out the eyes of the owl before,
I tore the bat's wing: what would you have more?
There was a frog lived in a well,
Kitty alone, Kitty alone,
There was a frog lived in a well,
Kitty alone and I.
There was a frog lived in a well,
And a farce mouse in a mill,
Cock me carry, Kitty alone,
Kitty alone and I.
This frog he would a wooing ride...
And on a snail he got astride,...
He rode till he came to my Lady Mouse hall,...
And there he did both knock and call,...
Quoth he, Miss Mouse, I'm come to thee,...
To see if thou can fancy me,...
Quoth she, answer I'll give you none,...
Until my uncle Rat come home,...
And when her uncle Rat came home,...
Who's been here since I've been gone?
Sir, there's been a worthy gentleman,...
That's been here since you've been gone,...
The frog he came whistling through the brook,...
And there he met with a dainty duck,...
The duck she swallowed him with a pluck,...
So there's an end of my history book,...
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