The marriage of the frog and the mouse - Brewer, Herbert

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⌛ Period → 20th Century

◈ Genre / Form Humorous songs

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 12

CPDL # 75797

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-09-27

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

Humbledum, humbledum, Tweedle, tweedle, twino. It was the frog in the well, And the merry mouse in the mill, 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 millpin, “Lady Mouse, been you with in?” Then came out that 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, 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 ran up the wall, A goodly company, The Devil go with all! From Thomas Ravenscroft’s ''Melismata'' (1611)

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