by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Hopping frog, hop here and be seen
Language: English
Hopping frog, hop here and be seen, I'll not pelt you with stick or stone: Your cap is laced and your coat is green; Good bye, we'll let each other alone. Plodding toad, plod here and be looked at, You the finger of scorn is crooked at: But though you're lumpish, you're harmless too; You won't hurt me, and I won't hurt you.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Charles Macpherson (1870 - 1927), "Hopping frog", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Kikirikee [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 64