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The earliest recorded reference to the rhyme is from John Lant, the organist of Winchester
Cathedral in 1580, who recorded the following rhyme:
Jacke boy, ho boy newes,
the cat is in the well,
let us ring now for her Knell,
ding dong ding dong Bell
Ding, dong, bell,
Pussys in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Flynn.
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To try to drown poor pussy cat,
Who never did him any harm,
But killed all the mice in the farmer's barn
There is also a version composed as a four part round by William Stonard (1585-1630) to the
following text:
Ding, ding, ding dong bell, ding, ding, ding, ding dong bell.
Oh cruel death that stopped the breath of him I loved so well.
Alack and well away 'tis a heavy day that ever us befell.
Then for his sake some order let us take that we may ring his knell.
DAFFODIL, ASPHODEL, ASPHODILLY, DASPHODELLY
HER BELLY
'Twas the Frogge in the well, humble dum, humble, dum. And the merrie Mouse in the Mill,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
The Frogge he would a woing ride, humble dum, humble, dum. Sword and a buckler by his side,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
When he was upon his high horse set, humble dum, humble, dum, His boots they shone as blacke
as jet, tweedle, tweedle, twino.
When he came to a merry mill pin, humble dum, humble dum, Lady Mouse beene you within?
Tweedle, tweedle, twino.
Then came out the dusty Mouse, humble dum, humble dum. "I am Lady of this house," tweedle,
tweedle, twino.
"Hast thou any minde of me?" humble dum, humble dum. "I have e'ne greate minde of thee,"
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
Who shall this marriage make? humble dum, humble dum. Our Lord which is the rat, tweedle,
tweedle, twino.
What shall we have to our supper? humble dum, humble dum. Three beanes in a pound of butter,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
When supper they were at, humble dum, humble dum. The Frog, the Mouse, and even the Rat,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
Then came in gib our cat, humble dum, humble dum, And catcht the mouse even by the backe,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
Then did they separate, humble dum, humble dum, And the frog leapt on the floore so flat,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
Then came in Dicke our Drake, humble dum, humble dum, And drew the frogge even to the lake,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
The Rat run up the wall, humble dum, humble dum. A goodly company, the divell goe with all,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
There lived a Puddy in a well, Cuddy alone, cuddy alone; There lived a Puddy in a well, Cuddy
alone and I. There was a Puddy in a well, And a mousie in a mill; Kickmaleerie, cowden down,
Cuddy alone and I. (Puddy=frog)
Frog went a courtin' and he did ride hmm, hmm. Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride. A sword
and a pistol by his side hmm, hmm.
A frog he would a-wooing go, Hmm, hmm. A frog he would a-wooing go. He dressed himself
from top to toe, hmm, hmm.
He rode away to get him a bride. Sing song Polly won't you ky-me-o. With a sword and a pistol
by his side. Sing song Polly won't you ky-me-o.
SING
He went up to Miss Mouse's hall, Um-hm! Um-hm! There he loudly rapped and called, Um-hm!
Um-hm!
HE RODE INTO THE HALL, UM-HUM, HUM HUM UM, AND HE DID CALL UM HUM, UM HUM!
Oh, Mister Frog, I sit and spin, Just lift the latch and please come in."
Took Miss Mousy on his knee. Pray Miss Mousy will you marry me?
He asked Miss Mousie to be his bride. She opened her eyes so big and wide.
17"I'd like to have you for my bride, uh-hmm, uh-hmm, To sit and spin for me all my life, uhhmm, uh-hmm.
25For I am rich and I am brave. Ding! Dang! Dong! go the wedding bells. What better husband
could you have. Ding! Dang! Dong! go the wedding bells.
The old rat laughed as he give away the bride. He laughed and he laughed 'til he shook his fat
sides.
(UNCLE RAT HE LAUGHED TO THINK MISS MOUSIED BE A BRIDE)
So Uncle Rat gave his consent, And made a handsome settlement
THEN DID THE OLD BEAST SET FORTH THE WEDDING FEAST
15AFour partridge pies, with season made, Two potted larks and marmalade, Four woodcocks
and a venison pie, Aye, would that at that feast were I. [end of version 15A]
Uncle Rat gave his consent, um-hum! So they were married and away they went. um-hum!
Where do you reckon the supper will be? Away down yonder in the holler tree.
What shall we have to our supper? humble dum, humble dum. Three beanes in a pound of butter,
tweedle, tweedle, twino.
First came in was a bumblebee. To play the fiddle upon his knee.
28 In came the bumble bee...in came the bumble bee, Clapped a bagpipe on his knee
First to come in were two little ants, Fixing around to have a dance.
5 First came in was the old tomcat, And he danced a jig with Mistress Rat.
6 The first to come in was a little white moth. She spread out the table cloth.
7 The first come in was a big June bug, A dancin' round with a half-pint jug.
23 The first come in was a big Brown Bug, He drowned in the molasses jug.
9 The first to come was a great big bear, And he filled up the old armchair
11The first guest in was a bumblebee. He danced a jig with a crook-backed flea. 20[two-legged
flea.]
20First to come was a little lady bug. She had a great big whisky jug.
6 In slowly walked the Parson Rook. Under his arm he carried a book.
25 So the knot was tied secure and fast. Ding! Dang! etc... She's off her uncle's hands at last.
Ding! Dang! etc.
6 They all gathered round the lucky pair, Singing, dancing everywhere.
25 Open the oysters, spill the champaigne. Never will there be such a feast again.
26 All the folks they all sat down, Passed that catnip [or cider] round and round.
11The owl did hoot, the birds they sang, And through the woods the music rang.
25Tune up the fiddle and let's have a square. Top couple must be the happy pair.
Crambone probably a folk variant or transformation of hambone
*
To Market to market (song and lap game)
to buy a fat pig then home again, home again, jiggety jig
to buy a fat hog joggety jog
*
from http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/07/old-time-childhood-songs-their-possible.html
Comb, combo hirum barum
Rumshackle, Cumshackle
Gitchie gitchie gimie oh
Up steps a pennywinkle
Back steps a nickel cat
She indicated once that we kids were mixing up several songs. I think she learned these on her
grandparents plantation in Alabama.
Sincerely, Brenda Paschke"
Sep 12, 2014 from Brenda Paschke to Azizi Powell:
Forgot to add these
Cattle all ding ding ding
Initially, I thought that "crambone" was a folk processed form of the word "hambone". While
that might be the case, the words "crambo" or "cambo" are found in 19th century examples of
"Frog Went A-Courtin". However, the word "cambo" definitely predates the 1955 Tom & Jerry
cartoon version of "Frog Went A-Courtin". For example, the award winning 1941 American
movie "Sergeant York" includes a version of "Frog Went A-Courtin" in which each line of the
refrain ends in "cambo". Here's a comment about that song and an excerpt of that song that I
found on Mama Lisa: Frog Went A-Courtin (link given above):
"March 16th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
This version or very close to it appears in the old Sergeant York movie about WWIs most
decorated U.S. soldier. In the movie, the mail carrier is riding a mule and singing this song. I
distinctly remember the sound of the rinktum body meachy cambell between every line. Heres
the link where I found the lyrics.
http://www.canacad.ac.jp:3445/25/174?view=print [link no longer active when I tried to access it
7/15/2015]
Frog Went A-Courtin
Kentucky Folk Song
1. Frog went a courtin and he did ride.
Rinktum body minchy cambo.
Sword and buckler by his side.
Rinktum body minchy cambo.
rhyme with "cow". "Tow" is material used to make fiber, such as hemp or flax (nowadays
synthetics). [information from this Mudcat discussion thread: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?
threadid=53292 "Kemo Kimo info".
Here's a comment from the discussion about that song that I find quite interesting:
Subject: RE: Kemo Kimo info
From: Irish sergeant, Date: 05 Nov 02 - 04:20 PM
"According to the sources i've found (Mostly other musicians) The tune comes from an old
marching song called "Frog in The Well" In most if not all of our wars up to and including the
Civil War, Some slaves accompanied their master to war. Though there is no proof for it I would
like to think the tune was adapted by one such slave. Whoever he or she was, they would have
made a hell of a song plugger. ANd just for your information, it works very well as a march and
would likely have been adapted as a work song. Kindest regards, Neil "
-snipHere's an excerpt of a version of "Sing Song Kitty" from another Mudcat discussion thread:
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=98271
Richie, Date: 23 Jan 07 - 09:16 PM
[Editor, this blogger quotes a version of "Sing Song Kitty" as it is sung by Doc Watson* from an
on-line source- citation not given]
Sing Song Kitty
Way down yonder and not far off
Sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
Jaybird died with a whoopin' cough
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh
He mo heimo beetlebug jingo
Mehe my ho pretty petimingo
Ram tom a doodlesnake rang tang a rattlebug
sing song kitty kitchee cry me oh....
NOTE THAT THOSE ARE LOOKING LIKE SOURCES FOR THE GARBLE IN
BEETLEBUG DOODLE ETC.
*"Doc." Watson (March 3, 1923 May 29, 2012) was an [Anglo] American Grammy awards
winning guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music.
-snip"King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" is another version of "Keemo Kimo", The AngloAmerican singer "Chubby" Parker recorded a version of that song in 1928. Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7NBD40v5sE "Chubby Parker & His Old Time Banjo King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" for a YouTube sound file of that song. Information about
that song and lyrics for that song can be found at http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?
p=7089 "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O". Here's an excerpt with chord notations:
same thread:
Kemo kimo, re do art,
Me hee, me hi, me hum drum pussy willow,
Tit-tat pitty pat,
A blue eyed kitty kat,
Sing-song, kitty, can't you ki-mee-oh!
*
from http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46177
De wedder's warm, and so am I
I'm sure you'd lub me if you'd try
Your jet-black face I lub to see
Then put on your tucker and be off wid me
(Keemo! Kimo! &c.)
First verse and chorus as it appears in THE UNITED IRISHMAN (6 August 1904):
In South Carolina de darkies go,
Sing song, Kitty, can't ye ki me, oh!
Dere's where de white folks plant de tow,
Sing song, Kitty, can't ye ki me, oh!
Cover de ground all hover wid smoke,
Sing song, Kitty, can't ye ki me, oh!
And up de darkies 'eads dey poke,
Sing song, Kitty, can't ye ki me, oh!
CHORUS:
Keemo, kimo, dar oh! whar
Wid me hee mo, hi mo,
An' hin comes Sally singin',
Sometimes penny winkle,
Ling tom, nip cat,
Sing song, Kitty, can't ye ki me, oh!
&
It's been a while since I last visited Mudcat, but Uncle Jaque pointed this thread out to me, and I
thought I'd add my two cents... (The story may sound a little weird, but I think I'll tell it anyway.)
A while ago I was listening to his recording of "The Frog In The Well" (played on the fife), and
all of a sudden I kept hearing words to it. It was as if I were singing them along in my head, kind
of, and the words I "heard" were these:
Oh, I went east and I went west,
Sing song kitty won't you kye me-o
A-looking for the turkey's nest,
Sing song kitty won't you kye me-o
Opossum up a 'simmon tree,
And very shy he looked at me.
A thousand miles beyond the sun
I met the devil with his red coat on.
His coat was red, his pants were blue,
They had a little hole for the tail to stick through.
&
Nope, none of those are Ed's. Here is that one:
in step muskrat
bigger then a big cat
Sing song kitty catch a ki me o
***
Circle game: Quaker Meeting
Kids sit in a circle facing each other. Chant together
Quakers meeting has begun
no more laughing
no more fun
if you show your teeth or tongue
your fortune has begun
hummmmmmmmmmmm
*
clapping game Apple on a Stick
Apple on a stick
Makes me sick
Makes my heart beat
Two forty six
Not because its dirty,
Not because its clean,
Not because I kissed a boy behind a magazine
Boys girls having fun
Here comes Johnny with a pickle up his bum,
He can wiggle he can wobble
He can even do the splits
But I bet you 10 dollars
He cant do this,
Close your eyes and count to ten,
If you muck it up youre a big fat hen:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10..
if you succeed or your friend succeeds you say
You didnt muck it up so your my best friend..
if they did or you did you say
You mucked it up so youre a big fat hen!!
&
My little playmate
come out and play with me.
Youll bring your dollies three
climb up my apple tree
slide down my rainbow
into my cellar door
and well be jolly friends
forever more.
My little enemy
come out and fight with me.
Youll bring your daggers three
climb up my poison tree
slide down my razor blade
into my dungeon door
and well be enemies
forever more, more, more.
Shut the DOOR!
Inka Binka
Inka binka is a way for kids to choose who will be IT in the next game they play. Kids stand in
a circle and put a closed fist into the circle with their thumbs facing up. One person sings the
song, keeping one hand in the circle with the other kids, and the other hand goes around the
circle with each syllable of the song, pounding the fists as they go.
Whoevers fist is the last one touched on the last syllable zine is IT in the next game.
Inka binka, bottle of inka
cork fell out and youre a stinka,
not because youre dirty,
not because youre clean,
just because you kissed a boy,
behind a mag a zine.
Met My Boyfriend
Met my boyfriend at the candy store.
He bought me ice cream, he bought me cake.
He brought me home with a belly ache
Mama, mama, I feel sick
Call the doctor quick, quick, quick.
sky, sky
and they didnt come back,
back, back
til the fourth of July,
July, July.
Miss Lucy Had a Baby
Miss Lucy had a baby
she named him Tiny Tim.
She put him in the bathtub
to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water
and he ate up all the soap
He tried to eat the bathtub
but it didnt fit down his throat.
So Miss Lucy called the doctor
and the doctor called the nurse
and the nurse called the lady
with the alligator purse
in came the doctor
in came the nurse
in came the lady with the alligator purse
Out went the water
out when the soap
out when the bathtub that wouldnt fit down his throat
A quarter for the doctor
and nickel for the nurse
a penny for the lady with the alligator purse.
Miss Lucy Had a Steamboat
Miss Lucy had a steamboat
the steamboat had a bell
Miss Lucy went to heaven
and the steamboat went to.
Hello operator
Please give me number nine
(repeat the last line until the jumper trips the word they trip on is the answer that applies to
them)
an augury game !!!
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around,
teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground,
teddy bear, teddy bear, walk up the stairs,
teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers,
teddy bear, teddy bear, shut off the light,
teddy bear, teddy bear, say good night,
Good Night!
(Jumper must follow the directions in the song by doing the movements that the teddy bear
should be doing.)
Cinderella
Cinderella
dressed in yella
went upstairs
to kiss a fella
by mistake
she kissed a snake!
How many doctors
did it take?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5..
(count until the person jumping trips)
MORE JUMPROPE/CLAPPING RHYMES
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/jump_rope_ryhmes/
Bird Thoughts
I LIVED FIRST IN A LITTLE HOUSE
AND THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS SMALL AND ROUND
NEXT I LIVED IN A LITTLE NEST
AND BROODED BY MY MOTHER
ONE DAY I SPREAD MY WINGS
AND FLEW INTO THE LEAVES
NOW THE WIDE WORLD CALLS ME
FROM THE SHELTER OF MY TREE
[http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/74/nursery-rhymes-and-traditional-poems/5060/bird-thoughts/
AWAY UP HIGH
Dapple Gray
I had a little horse, his name was Dapple Gray;
His legs were made of cornstalks, his body made of hay.
I saddled him and bridled him and rode him off to town;
Up came a puff of wind, and blew him up and down.
The saddle flew off, and I let go,
Now didnt my horse make a pretty little show?
[do a scarier version like he runs off up the wind or something a faery horsie - horsey
SOMETHING SOMETHING WIND AT NIGHT
NOW DIDNT THAT HORSEY OF MINE FRIGHTEN THE GIRLS? OF MINE/PUT A FRIGHT IN THE GIRLS
AND DIDNT HE CAST A SHADOW ON THE MOON?
Diddle, Diddle
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John
Went to bed with his stockings on;
One shoe off, the other shoe on,
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
Diddley, Diddley, Dumpty;
The cat ran up the plum tree.
Ill wager a crown
Ill fetch you down;
Sing, Diddledy, Diddledy, Dumpty.
DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING, OUR SON JOHN
FELL OUT OF BED WITH HIS STOCKINGS ON
WHEN WE WOKE UP, JOHN WAS GONE
DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING, WHERES HE GONE?
Eight, nine,
Queen, Queen Caroline,
Wash your face in turpentine,
Monkey-shine, monkey-shine,
Queen, Queen Caroline.
The North Wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will poor Robin do then?
He will hop to a barn,
And to keep himself warm
Will hide his head under his wing,
Poor thing.
Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man;
He washed his face in a frying pan,
He combed his hair with a wagon wheel,
And died with the toothache in his heel.
Old Dan Tucker
(Daniel Decatur Emmett)
cho: Get out the way for old Dan Tucker,
He's too late to have his supper,
Supper's over, dinner's a-cookin',
(alternate: Pot's on the fire and dinner's cooking)
But Old Dan Tucker's just standin' there lookin'.
Old Dan Tucker's a fine old man,
Washed his face in a frying pan,
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel,
Died of toothache in his heel.
Old Dan Tucker he come to town,
Riding on a billygoat, leading a hound,
Hound dog bark and the billygoat jump,
Throwed Dan Tucker on top of a stump.
Old Dan Tucker, he got drunk,
Fell in the fire and he kicked up a chunk,
Red hot coal got in his shoe,
Oh my Lawdy how the ashes flew.
[VAR: Now Old Dan Tuckergot drunk and fell
In the fire and kicked up holy hell
A finger-rhyme
ONE LITTLE MOUSE GOT CAUGHT IN THE TRAP
ONE LITTLE MOUSIE HEARD IT SNAP
ONE LITTLE MOUSE SQUEAKED RIGHT OUT
ONE LITTLE MOUSE SCURRIED ALL ABOUT
AND ONE LITTLE MOUSE SAID DO NOT BEWAIL
BUT LET US TAKE HOLD AND PULL HIM OUT BY THE TAIL.
Trit-trot, trit-trot,
To buy a penny cake;
Home again, home again,
I met a black-snake.
Pick up a stone
And breaky backy-bone
Trit-trot, trit-trot
All the way home.
Were all in the dumps,
For diamonds are trumps;
The kittens are gone to St. Pauls;
The babies are bit,
The moons in a fit,
And the houses are built without walls.
WERE ALL IN THE DUMPS
CAUSE BABYS GOT MUMPS
AND KITTYS RODE OFF TO ST. PAULS
THE MOONS IN A FIT
OUR TOES ARE ALL BIT
AND THE ROSES ARE CLIMBING THE WALLS
When the bees all homeward fly,
Flowers will not long be dry.
When the fog goes up the hill,
Then the rain comes down by the mill.
[combine those two and develop a skipping rhyme maybe with the morning/evening one?
One day I went to my whirly-whicker-whacker, (Fodder field)
I met bow-backer, (A hog)
I called Tom-tacker (A dog)
To drive bow-backer
Out of my whirly-whicker-whacker.