Ye Frog's Wooing

1.     It was the frog lived in the well,     Heigh-ho! says Rowley;     And the merry mouse under the mill,     With a Rowley, Powley, Gammon, and Spinach,     Heigh-ho! says Anthony Rowley. 2.     The frog he would a-wooing ride, Heigh-ho, &c.     Sword and buckler at his side, With a, &c. 3.     When upon his high horse set, Heigh-ho, &c.     His boots they shone as black as jet, With a, &c. 4.     When he came to the merry mill-pin, Heigh-ho, &c.     "Lady Mouse, are you within?" With a, &c. 5.     Then came out the dusty mouse, Heigh-ho, &c.     "I am the lady of this house," With a, &c. 6.     "Hast thou any mind of me?" Heigh-ho, &c.     "I have e'en great mind of thee," With a, &c. 7.     "Who shall this marriage make?" Heigh-ho, &c.     "Our lord, which is the rat," With a, &c. 8.     "What shall we have to our supper?" Heigh-ho, &c.     "Three beans in a pound of butter," With a, &c. 9.     But when the supper they were at, Heigh-ho, &c.     The frog, the mouse, and e'en the rat, With a, &c. 10.     Then came in Tib, our cat, Heigh-ho, &c.     And caught the mouse e'en by the back, With a, &c. 11.     Then did they separate, Heigh-ho, &c.     The frog leaped on the floor so flat, With a, &c. 12.     Then came in Dick, our drake, Heigh-ho, &c.     And drew the frog e'en to the lake, With a, &c. 13.     The rat he ran up the wall, Heigh-ho, &c.     And so the company parted all, With a, &c.