A frog went a-courting, away did ride, huh-huh. A frog went a-courting, away did ride, Sword and pistol by his side, huh-huh. He rode up to Miss Mousie's door, huh-huh. He rode up to Miss Mousie's door With his coat all buttoned down before, huh-huh. He took Miss Mousie on his knee, huh-huh. He took Miss Mousie on his knee, And he said my dear will you marry me, huh-huh. Oh no! kind sir, I can't say that, huh-huh. Oh no! kind sir, I can't say that, You'll have to get the consent of my uncle rat, huh-huh. Uncle rat he laughed and shook his fat side, huh-huh. Uncle rat he laughed and shook his fat side, To think that his niece would be a bride, huh-huh. Oh, where shall the wedding breakfast be, huh-huh. Oh, where shall the wedding breakfast be, Way down in the woods in a hollow tree, huh-huh. The first that came was a long-tailed rat, huh-huh. The first that came was a long-tailed rat -- Etc. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 27 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A TRIBUTE OF GRASSES by HAMLIN GARLAND LINES; SUGGESTED BY GRAVES TWO ENGLISH SOLDIERS ON CONCORD by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL AT THE SEASIDE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A SUMMER NIGHT by MATTHEW ARNOLD ENTERTAINMENT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |