by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The marriage of the frog and the mouse
Language: English
It was the frog in the well, Humbledum, humbledum, And the merry mouse in the mill, Tweedle, tweedle, twino. The frog would a wooing ride Sword and buckler by his side. When he upon his high horse set, His boots they shone as black as jet. When he came to the merry mill-pin, — “Lady Mouse, been you within?” Then came out the dusty mouse: “I am Lady of this house: Hast thou any mind of me?” “I have e’en great mind of thee?” “Who shall this marriage make?” “Our Lord which is the rat,” “What shall we have to our supper?” “Three beans in a pound of butter?” When supper they were at, The frog, the mouse, and e’en the rat; Then came in Gib our cat, And catched the mouse e’en by the back. Then did they separate, And the frog leaped on the floor so flat. Then came in Dick our drake, And drew the frog e’en to the lake. The rat run up the wall, Humbledum, humbledum; A goodly company, the Devil go with all! Tweedle tweedle twino.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Thomas Ravenscroft (c1582 - c1635), "The marriage of the frog and the mouse", published 1611, from Melismata; Musical Fancies fitting the court, city, and country humoursMelismata; Musical Fancies fitting the court, city, and country humours [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 30
Word count: 182