Catalog no. 1183 | Gregorio | Frog went a-courtin’
Joseph
GREGORIO
Frog went a-courtin’ for mixed chorus a cappella
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1. Frog went a-courtin’ and he did ride, Sword and pistol by his side.
13. Solemnly walked the Parson Rook, Under his arm a big old book.
2. He rode down to Miss Mousie’s door, Where he’d often been before.
14. The owl did hoot, the birds they sang, And through the woods the music rang.
3. Little Miss Mousie came tripping down In her silk and satin gown.
15. Next to come in was a lady bug, She had whiskey in her jug.
4. He took Miss Mousie on his knee, Said, “Miss Mousie, will you marry me?”
16. Next to come in was a bumble bee, Set his fiddle on his knee.
5. “Without my Uncle Rat’s consent, I would not marry the President.”
17. Next to come in was a two-legged flea; Danced a jig with the bumble bee.
6. Uncle Rat, he laughed till he shook his fat sides, To think his niece would be a bride.
18. Next to come in was Mister Tick, Ate so much it made him sick.
7. Uncle Rat, he went a-running to town To buy his niece a wedding gown.
19. Next to come in was Missus Cow, Tried to dance but didn’t know how.
8. What does he get for a wedding gown? A piece of hide of an old greyhound.
20. Next to come in was a little black dog, Chased Miss Mousie in a hollow log.
9. Where shall the wedding supper be? Way down yonder in the hollow tree.
21. Next to come in was an old tomcat, Swallowed Miss Mousie and Uncle Rat.
10. What shall the wedding supper be? A fried mosquito and a black-eyed pea.
22. Mister Frog he went down to the lake, He got swallowed by a water snake.
11. Mister Frog was dressed in a pea green, Mistress Mouse looked like a queen.
23. So that’s the end of one, two, three, The rat, the frog, and Miss Mousie.
12. First to come in was a flying moth, She laid out the tablecloth.
24. Little piece of cornbread lying on the shelf; If you want some more, you can sing it yourself.
Duration approx. 4’
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to Olivia, Alice Parker, and Ensemble Companio
Frog went a-courtin’ trad. American arr. Joseph Gregorio
Jaunty (h = 108) SOPRANO ALTO
2 2
TENOR BASS
2 2
mf unis.
1. Frog went a court in’ and
he did ride, mm
hmm,
6
Frog went a court in’ and
mf unis.
S. A. Mm
hmm.
T. B. he did ride,
Sword and pis tol
by his side, mm
hmm.
2. He rode down to Miss
12
S. A. Mm
hmm.
T. B. Mous ie’s door, mm
hmm,
He rode down to Miss Mous ie’s door, Where he’d oft en
18
S. A. Mm hmm,
mm hmm.
Lit tle Miss Mous ie came
T. B. been be fore, mm
hmm.
3. Lit tle Miss Mous ie came trip
ping down,
mm
23
S. A. trip ping down,
trip ping down, mm
hmm,
Lit tle Miss Mous ie came
T. B. hmm,
Lit tle Miss Mous ie came
trip
ping down
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S. A. trip ping down
In her silk and
sat
in
in
hmm.
gown,
mm hmm.
He took Miss
T. B. In her silk and
sat
gown, mm
4. He
took Miss Mous ie
32
S. A. Mous
ie,
on
his knee, mm
he took Miss Mous ie
on
his
knee,
mm hmm,
He
took Miss Mous ie
mm
T. B. hmm,
on
his knee,
37
S. A. hmm,
Said,
“Miss
Mous ie, will you mar
ry
me?”
mm hmm,
mm hmm.
T. B. Said,“Miss Mous ie, will you mar
ry
me?”mm
hmm.
Mm hmm,
mm
42
S. A. with
5. “Well,
out my Un cle Rat’s con sent, mm
hmm,
With
mp T. B. hmm,
mm hmm,
mm
hmm.
Oh, not your Un cle Rat, mm
48
S. A. out my Un cle
Rat’s con sent,
I would not mar ry the Pres
i
dent, mm
hmm.”
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Oh, not the
3 53
poco f
S. A. 6. Un cle Rat, he laughed till he shook his fat sides, mm mf
hmm,
T. B. Pres
i
dent, mm
hmm.
Un cle Rat,
he laughed till he shook his fat sides, till he
57
S. A. Un
cle
Rat,
he
laughed till
he
Un
cle
shook his
fat
sides,
To
T. B. shook his
fat
sides,
mm
hmm,
Rat,
he
laughed till
he
60
S. A. think
his niece
would
be
a
bride, mm
hmm.
T. B. shook his fat, shook his fat,
64
shook his fat sides,
To think his niece would
be
a
bride, mm
mp
S. Mm hmm.
Unc le Rat, he mp
went
a run ning to town,
run ning to
A. Mm hmm,
mm
hmm.
Un cle Rat,
he went
a
run ning to town,
T. B. hmm,
mm hmm. 7. Un cle Rat, he
went a
run ning to town,
mm hmm,
(for rehearsal only)
Kbd.
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S. town,
run ning to
town,
run ning to town,
run ning to
town,
run ning to
A. run ning to town,
run ning to town,
run ning to town,
run ning to town,
T. B. Un cle Rat,
he went
a
run ning to town
To buy
his niece
a
Kbd.
73
S. town,
run ning to
town
To buy his
niece
a
wed ding gown,
mm
hmm.
A. run ning to
town
To
buy his
mm
hmm.
niece
a
wed ding gown, mm
hmm. poco f
T. B. wed
ding gown,
8. What does he
get
for a
Kbd.
77
mf
S. What does he
mf
get for a wed ding gown, for a wed
ding gown,
mm hmm,
A. What does he
get
for a wed ding gown, mm hmm,
what does he
get?
T. B. wed
ding gown,
mm
hmm,
What does he get for a
Kbd.
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5
81
S. p A. Of
an
T. B. wed
ding
gown?
A
piece
of
hide
of
an
old
grey
hound,
mm
Kbd.
84
mp
f
S. Of
an
old
grey
hound,
of
mf
an
A. old
grey
hound,
of
an
old
grey
hound,
T. B. hmm.
Kbd.
87
S. old grey hound, f
mm
hmm.
A. mm
hmm.
f
T. f
10. What
shall the wed ding sup per be, mm
B. 9. Where shall the wed ding sup per be, mm
hmm,
Kbd.
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6 92
f
S. Way down yon der in the hol low tree,
f A. Way down yon der in the hol low tree,
p T. What shall the wed ding
hmm,
B. Where shall the wed ding sup per be?
Kbd.
97
still f
mp
S. A fried mos qui to and a black eyed pea, mm
hmm.
Mm
still f
mp
A. A fried mos qui to and a black eyed pea, mm
hmm.
Mm hmm,
mp T. sup per be?
Mm hmm,
mm
mp B. Mm hmm,
Kbd.
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mm
7 103
S. hmm,
mm
hmm.
Mm hmm, mm
A. mm hmm.
Mm hmm,
mm
T. hmm,
mm
hmm.
Mm hmm,
mm
mf B. hmm.
11. Mis
ter Frog was dressed in
a pea green, mm
hmm,
Mis ter
Kbd.
108
mf
3 2
S. hmm,
2 2
mm hmm.
Mis tress Mouse looked like a queen, mm
3 2
A.
2 2
hmm.
mf
3 2
T. hmm.
2 2 Mis tress Mouse
looked like a
queen,
3 2
B. Frog was dressed in
a pea green,
Mis tress Mouse
2 2 looked like
a queen,
mm
3 2
2 2
3 2
2 2
Kbd.
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8 mf
112
2 2
S.
hmm.
First to come in was a
fly
ing
moth,
poco f
2 2
A.
12. First
to come in was a
fly ing moth, mm
hmm,
First to come in was a
mf
2 2
T.
mm hmm.
First to come in was a
fly
ing
moth,
2 2
B.
hmm.
2 2 Kbd.
2 2
117
S. She laid out the
ta
ble cloth, mm
hmm.
A. fly ing moth,
She laid out the
ta
ble cloth, mm
hmm.
T. She laid
out the
ta
ble
cloth, mm
hmm,
B.
Kbd.
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mm hmm, mm
9 122
poco f
S. Sol emn ly walked the
Par
son Rook, mm
f A. 13. Sol
emn ly walked the
Par
son Rook, mm
hmm,
poco f T. hmm.
Sol emn ly walked the
Par
son
Rook,
mm
Par
son
Rook,
mm
poco f B. Sol
emn
ly
walked
the
Kbd.
126
S. hmm,
the Par son
Rook,
poco dim. A. Sol emn ly walked the
Par son Rook,
Un der his arm a
big old book, mm
hmm.
T. hmm,
the
Par
son
Rook,
mm hmm,
mm
B. hmm,
mm hmm,
Kbd.
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10 131
f
S. mm hmm,
mm hmm. 14. The
owl did hoot, the birds they sang, mm
hmm,
poco f
f
A. Mm
hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm. The owl did
f T. hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm. The owl did
f B. mm hmm.
The owl did
Kbd.
137
più f
S. The
owl did hoot, the birds they sang, And through the woods the
mu
sic
A. hoot, the birds they sang,
the birds they sang, And through the woods the
mu
sic
hoot, the birds they
the birds they sang,
And through the
the birds they sang,
And
rang,
T. sang,
woods
B. hoot, the birds they sang,
Kbd.
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through
the
11 ff
142
S. rang, the mu sic
rang,
the mu sic
rang.
ff A. the mu sic
rang,
the mu sic
rang.
ff T. the mu sic
rang,
the mu sic
rang.
ff B. woods the mu sic rang, the mu sic
rang.
Kbd.
150
Slightly faster (h = 112)
mp
S. 15. Next
to come in was a
la dy bug, mm
hmm,
Next to come in was a
p A. Mm hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm,
mm
hmm,
p T. Mm hmm,
p B. Mm hmm,
Kbd.
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la dy bug,
12 156
p
mf
p
mm
S. She had whis key in her jug, mm p
hmm,
Set his fid dle, mf
mm p
hmm,
Set his fid dle, mf
p
mm
hmm, f
Set his fid dle,
mm
A.
T.
p
B. 16. Next
to come in was a bum ble bee, Set his fid dle
on his knee, mm
Kbd.
162
S. hmm,
mm p
A. 17. Next
to come in
was a
two
leg ged flea,
Danced a
jig
with the bum ble
bee, mm
T. hmm,
mp
p
B. hmm,
Danced a
jig
with the bum ble
Kbd.
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bee, mm
13
Holding back slightly
166
In tempo f
S. hmm,
f
19. Next p
(spoken)
to come in was
A.
f
hmm,
Ate so much it made him sick,mm p (spoken)
hmm,
Ate so much it
hmm,
T. 18. Next
to come in was
Mis ter Tick,
f
made him sick,mm
p
(spoken)
B. hmm,
Ate so much it
made him sick,mm
hmm,
Kbd.
(3+2)
171
Accelerating slightly
p
5 4
S. Mis sus Cow,
A.
(2+3)
2 2
Tried to dance but did n’t know how, mm
5 4
hmm,
2 2 mm
T.
5 4
hmm,
2 2 mm
hmm,
f B.
5 4
2 2 20. Next
5 4
2 2
5 4
2 2
to come in was a
Kbd.
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lit tle black dog,
14 176
S. mm
hmm, f
A. 21. Next
to come in
was an
old tom cat,
T. mm
ff
hmm,
p
B. Chased Miss Mous ie in
a
hol
low
log, mm
hmm,
Kbd.
Slowing 180
(Freely)
mp
f
S. Swal lowed Miss Mous ie and
Un
cle
Rat.
Swal lowed Miss Mous ie and
Un
cle
Rat.
mp
A. (one voice, melodramatic falsetto, spoken in free rhythm, perhaps with Southern accent)
Oh,
f
not Miss Mous ie and
Un
cle
Rat!
T. Swal lowed Miss Mous ie and
Un
cle
Rat.
mp
f B. Swal lowed Miss Mous ie and
mp
Un
cle
Rat.
Kbd.
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184
15
In tempo (h = 112)
S. A.
p distant
T. B. 22. Mis
ter Frog he went down
to
the lake, mm
hmm,
Mis ter
189
mp
S. A. 23. So mp
f T. B. Frog he went down
to the lake,
He got swal lowed by a
wa ter snake, mm
195
S. that’s the end
of
one, two, three, mm
hmm,
that’s the end
of
one, two, three, mm hmm,
So
that’s the end
of
A. mm hmm,
mm
hmm.
Mm hmm,
mm
hmm.
T. B. hmm.
Kbd.
200
f
p
(short)
S. one, two, three,
The
rat, the frog, and
Miss Mous ie.
p (short)
f A. The f
rat, the frog, and
Miss Mous ie.
The
rat, the frog, and
Miss Mous ie.
p (short)
T. B.
(short)
Kbd.
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16 205
Faster (h = 138)
pp
S. Lit
tle piece of corn bread
A.
T.
pp B. 24. Lit
tle piece of corn bread
ly
ing on the shelf, mm
ing
hmm,
hmm,
Kbd.
208
S. ly
on the shelf, mm
pp A. Lit
tle piece of corn bread
ly
ing
ly
ing
hmm,
Lit
tle piece of corn bread
on
the shelf, mm
on
the
pp T. Lit
tle piece of corn bread
on the shelf, mm
B. ly
ing
Kbd.
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shelf,
17
211
S. Lit tle piece of corn bread
ly ing on the shelf,
A. hmm,
Lit tle piece of corn
bread
T. Lit tle piece of corn
bread
ly ing on the shelf,
B. ly ing on the
shelf,
ly ing on the
Kbd.
214
ff
S. ly ing on the shelf,
If you ff
A. ly ing on the shelf,
If you ff
T. ly ing on the
shelf,
If you ff
B. shelf,
If you
Kbd.
218
p
S. A. want some more, you can sing it your self,
mm p
hmm.
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approx. 4’