Froggie Went A-Courtin’

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"Froggie Went A-Courtin’" is a traditional folk song, widely recorded and adapted over centuries, that tells the whimsical story of a frog courting Miss Mouse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song
narrative song
traditional song
hasAdaptationType animated performance
picture book
recorded music
hasAlternativeTitle Froggie Went A-Courtin’
surface form: Frog Went A-Courting

Froggie Went A-Courtin’
surface form: Frog Went A-Courtin’

Froggie Went A-Courtin’
surface form: Froggie Went A-Courtin’ and He Did Ride

King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O
hasAudience children
folk music enthusiasts
hasCategory children’s folk song
traditional folk song
hasCharacter Uncle Rat
cat
duck
other small animals
snake
hasCountryOfCollection United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasEarliestKnownPrint 16th century
hasGenre children’s song
folk ballad
hasLanguage English
hasMainCharacter Miss Mouse
frog
hasMotif animal wedding
comic mishap
talking animals
hasNarrativeOutcome wedding feast
hasNarrativeTone humorous
hasNotableAdaptationBy James Marshall
hasNotableAdaptationType illustrated children’s book
hasNotableRecordingBy Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Burl Ives
Pete Seeger
Woody Guthrie
hasOrigin traditional Anglo-Scottish folk tradition
hasRefrain ki-mo-ke-mo
king kong kitchie ki-me-o
hasRoudNumber 16
hasStructure strophic
hasTheme courtship
marriage
hasTransmission oral tradition
hasUse children’s singing game
storytelling song

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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions hasPart Froggie Went A-Courtin’
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ hasAlternativeTitle Froggie Went A-Courtin’
this entity surface form: Frog Went A-Courtin’
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ hasAlternativeTitle Froggie Went A-Courtin’
this entity surface form: Frog Went A-Courting
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ hasAlternativeTitle Froggie Went A-Courtin’
this entity surface form: Froggie Went A-Courtin’ and He Did Ride