Froggy Rides a Bike

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Probably the most popular version that is popular with kids is the one that finishes with the marriage between Frog and Miss Mouse. “Froggy Went A Courtin” Lyrics Helen Hartness Flanders and Marguerite Olney, Ballads Migrant in New England (1953), pp.11–13, "Gentleman Froggie" (1 text, 1 tune) Aeon/Uncanny Valley • Agent Blue • Agent Red • Agent Yellow • Barbara Keynes/Knightowl • Camilla Hombee/Victory • Dean Gate/Doorman • Hurricane • Jessica Keynes/Sparrow/Eagle • Mercury • Olympia Hill/Majestia • Snowflake • Sting • Thorn Iona and Peter Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1997), 175, "A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go" (3 texts)

It has also been used in the episode of The Colbert Report that aired on May 23, 2007. This version was sung by Burl Ives. Colbert also sung a portion of the song on the June 18, 2007 episode, during an interview with Toby Keith.Thomas Raith hums the song during a standoff with the Denarians in Jim Butcher's Small Favor, a novel of the Dresden Files. Pete Seeger, American Favorite Ballads: Tunes and Songs as sung by Pete Seeger (1961), p.56, "Froggie Went a-Courtin '" (1 text, 1 tune) Fei Wu/Ladydragon • Wu Shifu • Renlings ( Hou Hou • Ma Ma • Long Long • Hu Hu • She She • Tang Tang • Xiong Xiong • Ying Ying) • Mei Shi

W. Bruce Olson, " Broadside Ballad Index: Incomplete Contents Listing of 17th Century Broadside Ballad Collections, With a Few Ballads and Garlands of the 18th Century.", ZN3249, "It was a frog in a well" John Anthony Scott, The Ballad of America (1966), pp.339–341, "The Mouse's Courting Song" (1 text, 1 tune) In Six Feet Under Season 4, Episode 3 "Parallel Play", Russell Corwin, played by Ben Foster, sings the chorus over and over on a stage at a party. Although, it's currently unknown if Froggy is his actual name or just a pet name given by his parents. The song is frequently sung in The Return of Peter Grimm, an RKO film released in 1935, and the second screen adaptation of David Belasco's Broadway hit. The film starred Lionel Barrymore.Dorothy Olsen (the Singing Schoolteacher): "Frog Went a-Courtin '" (children's record, RCA/Bluebird WBY-54)(1956) Encourage the children to show the difference between the quality of their jumps for each type of frog.