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This song probably originated in Scotland circa 1600. Its first publication as words with an associated tune is dated to 1611 under the title "The Marriage of Frogge and the Mouse". The song is known under many names, including, "Froggie Went A-Courting [or "A-Courtin'"]", "The Frog Came to the Myl Dur", "Frog in the Well", "The Frog's Wooing" and "The Frog and the Mouse". It is collected in the Roud Folk Song Index as Roud 16 under the primary title that appears here.
The song may have originated as a satire of Queen Eizabeth's habit of giving animal nicknames to her ministers. A version was created to express popular displeasure over her proposed marriage to a foreigner. Sir Walter Raleigh was known as her fish, Leicester her lap dog, and at the time of her proposed marriage to the Duke of Alencon and Anjou, Simier, the French ambassador was her ape; the Duke himself her frog. The song actually became something sung in nurseries and passed down that way over the generations.
The odd marriage party gets out of hand, with different outcomes to the participants in the various versions, ranging from death to frog and mouse to living happily ever after. - Licensing
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Versions
Frog Went A-Courting written by [Traditional] English
Frog Went A-Courting written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Froggy Went A-Courting | Marcus Martin | 1973 | Released more than 10 years after its recording |
Keemo Kimo written by unknown author(s) Artificial (Other)
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Keemo Kimo | Harry C. Browne and Peerless Quartet | March 1920 | First recording on November 5, 1919 First release |
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King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O | “Chubby” Parker and His Old-Time Banjo | 1928 | |||
Keemo Kimo | Ed McCurdy | 1958 | |||
O sole mio - Funiculi Funicula - Grandfather's Clock - Keemo Kimo | Bing Crosby and His Friends | February 1961 | Medley | ||
Frog in the Spring | Lawrence Older | 1964 | |||
King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | February 26, 1996 | |||
Keemo Kimo | 2nd South Carolina String Band | 1997 | |||
King Kong Kitchie | Dan Zanes featuring the Wonderland String Band | 2000 | |||
King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O | Laura Veirs | November 7, 2011 |
Kee-Mo Ky-Mo written by Bob Hilliard, Roy Alfred English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Kee-Mo Ky-Mo | The King Cole Trio | August 1948 | First recording in August 1947 First release |
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Kee-Mo Ky-Mo | June Christy with the Joe Castro Quartet | September 1960 |
Frogg written by Dick Foley, Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland [US1] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Frogg | The Brothers Four | February 20, 1961 | First release |
Tulák written by Antonín Hájek, Radek Tomášek Czech
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Tulák | The Rangers | 1968 | First release |
Frogg No. 2 written by Dick Foley, Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland [US1] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Frogg No. 2 | The Brothers Four | December 1961 | First recording in June 1961 First release |
Saku sammakko written by Kari Tuomisaari Finnish
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Saku sammakko | Brita Koivunen - Lauluyhtye Jaakko Salon orkesteri | October 4, 1961 | First release | ||
Saku-sammakko teeveessä | Brita Koivunen - Four Cats - Jaakko Salon yhtye | September 25, 1964 | |||
Saku sammakko | Harri, Liisa ja Matti | 1979 | |||
Saku sammakko | Anneli Sistonen | 1980 | |||
Miesten mies - Saku sammakko | Edu Kettunen, Kirka, Carola ja Kim Lönnholm | 1987 | Medley | ||
Saku sammakko | Åttopojat | 2004 |
Monsieur crapaud written by Eddy Marnay French
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Monsieur crapaud | Claude François | 1976 | First release |
Y Broga Bach written by [Traditional] Welsh
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Y Broga Bach | Meredydd Evans | 1954 | |||
Y Broga Bach | Ivor Emmanuel with The Pontcanna Children's Choir | July 1960 | |||
Y Broga Bach | Mari Griffith | 1973 | |||
Broga Bach | Siân James | 1996 |