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The Frog and the Mouse
3.  Miss Mouse got up and let him in — ur-hur; Miss Mouse got up and let him in;
How they courted was a sin — ur-hur.
4. He took Miss Mouse upon his knee — ur-hur; He took Miss Mouse upon his knee;
He said: "Miss Mouse, will you marry me?" — ur-hur.
5.  Says: "Kind sir, I can't answer that" — ur-hur; Says: "Kind sir, I can't answer that
Till I ask my Uncle Rat" — ur-hur.
6.  Uncle Rat gave his consent — ur-hur; Uncle Rat gave his consent;
The weasel wrote the publiment — ur-hur.
7.  Uncle Rat, he has gone to town — ur-hur; Uncle Rat, he has gone to town
To buy his niece a wedding gown — ur-hur.
8. What shall he get for the wedding gown? — ur-hur; What shall he get for the wedding gown ?
A piece of the skin of the old gray houn' — ur-hur.
9. Where shall the wedding supper be? — ur-hur; Where shall the wedding supper be ?
A-way down yonder in a hollow-tree — ur-hur.
1 o. What shall the wedding supper be ? — ur-hur; What shall the wedding supper be ? Dogwood soup and catnip tea — ur-hur.
11.  The first came in was a little white moth — ur-hur; The first came in was a little white moth.
She spread on the table cloth — ur-hur.
12. The next came in was a bumble bee — ur-hur; The next came in was a bumble bee
With his fiddle on his knee — ur-hur.
13.  Froggie came swimming across the lake — ur-hur; Froggie came swimming across the lake;
He got swallowed by a big black snake — ur-hur.
14.  There's a little piece of cornbread lying on the shelf — ur-hur; There's a litde piece of cornbread lying on the shelf;
If you want any more, you can sing it yourself — ur-hur.
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