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| Recordings | Notes |
Froggie Went A Courtin'
| Artist | Year |
Genre | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Mills | 1956 |
Folk | Animals, Vol. 1 | "A Frog He Would
a-Wooing Go"; http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Alfred Deller | 1956 |
The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies | "The Frog and the Mouse" | |
| Alfred Deller | 1967 |
Classical | Western Wind and Other English Folk Songs and Ballads | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| Almeda Riddle | 1959 |
Blues | Sounds of the South | Kemo Kimo... |
| Anna & Julia Canova | 193? |
Folk | The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 2: Early American Rural Children's, Songs Classic | "The Frog Went
A-Courtin'"; http://www.amazon.com/gp |
| Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen | 1998 |
Folk | Never Grow Up | "Froggy Went A Courting" |
| Barbara Moncure with Harry Siemsen | 1963 |
Folk | Folksongs of the Catskills | "Frog He Would
A-Wooing Go"; http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Barney | 1995 |
Children's | Sleepytime Songs | "Frog He Would a-Wooing Go" |
| Bill Hinckley & Judy Larson | 1994 |
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| Bill Ramsey | 1965 |
Folk | Songs from Home | "The Frog and the Mouse" |
| Black Bottom Biscuits | 2005 | Country | Too Many Cars In My Yard | "Forggy Went A-Courtin'"; http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbbiscuits2 |
| Bob Dylan | 1992 |
Rock | Good as I Been to You | |
| Bob Gallion | 1959 |
Rock | Out of a Honky Tonk | http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs |
| Bradley Kincaid | 1928 |
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| Burl Ives | 1951 |
Folk | Twinkle in Your Eye | "Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin'" |
| Calico Winds | 2004 |
Classical | Vintage America: A Musical Meritage | "Miniatures: A Frog Went A Courtin'"; wind instrumental; William Grant Still arrangement |
| California Kids | 2005 |
Children's | Spotlight on Music: Grade 4 Disc 3 | |
| Camp Lincoln String Band | 2003 |
Folk | Counting Strings | "Keemo Kimo"; retains "Keemo Kimo" melody but not the lyrics - Civil War lyrics instead; http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/clsb |
| Camptown Shakers | 2002 |
Folk | Tooth & Nail | http://www.cdbaby.com/cd |
| Children of Pond Springs School near Austin, Texas | 1936 |
Folk | Field recording, Austin TX | "Frog went a-courtin'" |
| Chubby Parker | 1928 |
Anthology of American Folk Music | "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" | |
| Cisco Houston | 1963 |
Folk | Nursery Rhymes, Games and Folk Songs | posthumous release |
| Clancy Children | 1962 |
Celtic | Irish Folk Songs & Airs | "Frog in the Well" (Irish) |
| Dan Zanes & Friends | 2001 |
Rocket Ship Beach | "King Kong Kitchie" | |
| Dave Miller | 1961 |
Rock | Tattle Tale | "Froggy Went
A Rockin'"; http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs |
| David & Roselyn | 1998 |
Gospel | Gumbo Ya Ya | |
| Dee Hicks | 1982 |
Folk | Field recording | http://tns-verso.auto-graphics |
| Dell, Danny & the Trends | 1960 |
Rock | Rockin' From Coast to Coast, Vol. 3 | "Froggy Went
a Courting"; http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs |
| Dick Lourie | 1979 |
Folk | Sitting at Home with Our Apple Friends | "King Kong Kitchie";
http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Doc Watson | 1966 |
Folk | Home Again! | |
| Doctor Oakroot | 2003 |
Blues | Hapless Fool | piedmont blues; http://cdbaby.com/cd/droakroot2; "Froggy Went A Courting" |
| Drusilla Davis | 1935 |
Folk | Field recording, Fredericia, GA | http://www.loc.gov/folklife |
| Earthlings Washboard Band | 2006 | Folk | Historic Hits: 19th Century Pop | "Froggy Went A Courtin'"; http://www.earthlingsmusic.net/ |
| Ed Badeaux | 1958 |
Folk | American Guitar | "King Kong Kitchie
Ki-Mi-O"; http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Ed McCurdy | 1958 |
Children's Songs: The Greatest Hits | http://www.amazon.com/gp |
|
| Elizabeth Mitchell | 2002 |
Children's | You Are My Sunshine | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Ella Jenkins | 1991 |
Children's | Come Dance by the Ocean | "Mouse Went A-Courting, A (Froggie Went A-Courting)" |
| Ellen Stekert | 1958 |
Folk | O Love Is Teasin' (Anglo-American Mountain Balladry) | |
| Elvis Presley | 1970 |
Rock | Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters | released in 1995 |
| Everett Pitt | 1949 |
Folk | Field recording, Upper Saddle River, NJ | "The Frog and the Mouse" |
| Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger | 1957 |
Folk | Matching Songs of the British Isles and America | |
| Fireside Children's Chorus | 2004 |
Children's | Signature Series: Happy Day Songs | check recording date |
| Flat Duo Jets | 1991 |
Rock | Go Go Harlem Baby | |
| Flora Standefer | 1942 |
Folk | Field recording, Friar's Point, MS | "Mister Frog
Went a Courtin' in a hay stack"; http://www.loc.gov/folklife |
| Florence Mason | 1942 |
Folk | Field recording, Friar's Point, MS | http://www.loc.gov/folklife |
| Frances Archer and Beverly Gile | 1963 |
Children's | Child's Garden of Verses | |
| Frank Luther | 1993 |
Children's | Children's Sing-a-long | |
| Frankie Armstrong | 1972 |
Celtic | Lovely in the Water | "Frog and the Mouse" |
| Gail Stoddard Storm | 1977 |
Folk | Brave Boys: New England Traditions in Folk Music | "A Frog He Would
A-Wooing Go"; a capella; http://composersrecordings.com |
| George and Gerry Armstrong | 1961 |
Folk | Simple Gifts | same version as on
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes; http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| George Clinton Fisher | 1955 | Children's | Pecos Pest | As Uncle Pecos in a Tom and Jerry Film; http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/sounds/cramb.wav |
| Golden Bough | 1993 |
Celtic | Celtic Songs For Children | "Frog in the Well" (Irish) |
| Great American String Band with The Jones Brothers | 1991 |
Country | 200 Years of American Heritage in Song: 100 Song Collection | "Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin'" |
| Hank Bradley, Cathie Whitesides, Hank Bradley & Cathie Whitesides | 1996 |
Folk | American Fogies Vol. 2 | "Kitty Alone/Batrineasca" |
| Hazel Slesher | 1967 |
Folk | Field recording, Fayettevila, AK | http://www.missouristate.edu |
| Hit Crew | 2003 |
Children's | Rhyme Time: Kids' Favorite Rhymes | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| Hughie Jones and Friends | 2005 |
Folk | Liverpool Connexions | "Here's to Cheshire" |
| Hylo Brown | 1967 |
Folk | Songs of Rural America: 25 Classics | |
| Intriplicate | 2004 |
Classical | intriplicate | "Miniatures: A Frog Went A Courtin'"; instrumental; William Grant Still arrangement |
| J.W. Beazeal | 1958 |
Folk | Field recording, Springfield, MO | http://www.missouristate.edu |
| James Reyne | 2005 | ...And The Horse You Rode In On! | "Mr Froggy Went A 'Courtin'; http://www.jamesreyne.com/horse_tracks.htm | |
| Jean Ritchie | 1954 |
Folk | Field Trip | "Froggy Went A-Courting" |
| Jenny Magnus | 1997 |
Avant-Garde | Whoopsadaisy | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Jim Douglas | 1979 |
Folk | Peddler's Pack: A Collection of Early Colonial Songs | "Froggie Would A-Wooing Go" |
| Jim Nollman | 1982 |
Folk | Playing Music with Animals: Interspecies Communication of Jim Nollman with 300 Turkeys, 12 Wolves and 20 Orcas | "Froggy-Went-a-Courting
(300 Turkeys)"; a capella with turkeys gobbling; http://www.folkways.si.edu |
| Jimmie Dawson | 1960 |
Rockabilly | single | http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs |
| Jimmie Rodgers | 1960 |
Rock | Kisses Sweeter than Wine | "Froggy Went a Courting" |
| John "Spider John" Koerner | 1986 |
Folk | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Been | |
| John Jacob Niles | 1958 |
Folk | I Wonder As I Wander | same version as on Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes |
| John Langstaff | 1956 |
Children's | Songs for Singing Children | also a book, "Frog Went A-Courtin'," which won 1956 Caldecott Medal for best illustration in a children's book |
| John Langstaff | 1956 |
Children's | Songs for Singing Children | "The Frog in the Well" |
| John Langstaff | 1956 |
Children's | Lark in the Morn | "The Frog and the Mouse"; check recording date |
| John McCutcheon | 1975 |
Folk | How Can I Keep From Singing? | "Froggie Went
A' Courtin'"; http://www.folkmusic.com |
| John McCutcheon | 1983 |
Folk | Howjadoo | "Here's to Cheshire";
http://www.folkmusic.com |
| Jon Pertwee | 197? | 7" single | "Froggy Went A-Courtin'" | |
| Karen Rae Kraut | 2003 |
Children's | Cooler Water Cora and Other Stories | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| Kenny Lane and His Bull Dogs | 195? |
single | http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs |
|
| Kids for Kids Chorus | 2000 |
Children's | Rainbow Colors: Tiny Bubbles | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| Kidz Jamz | 2005 |
Children's | Peach Jamz | http://cdbaby.com/cd/kidzjamz5 |
| King's Singers | 1987 |
Vocal | Kids' Stuff | "Frog Went A-Courtin'/We All Stand Together/Intro: The Frog" |
| Larry Groce | 1990 |
Children's | Disney Children's Favorites Songs, Vol. 4 | |
| Laura Boosinger | 1996 |
Country | Sing It Yourself! | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Laurie Berkner | 2001 |
Children's | Laurie | |
| Lawrence Older | 1964 |
Folk | Adirondack Songs, Ballads and Tunes | "Frog in the
Spring"; http://www.folk-legacy.com |
| Len Graham & Padraigin Ni Uallachain | 1997 |
Folk | When I Was Young | "The Frog's Wedding"
(Irish); http://www.storyandsong.com |
| Lesley Schatz | 1994 |
Country | Hello Stranger | |
| M. Frog Labat and Todd Rundgren | 1976 |
Rock | Demos & Lost Albums | "Froggy Went A Pumpkin" |
| Mariella Squire-Hakey | 2003 | Folk | Vermont: Kitchen Tunks & Parlor Songs CD | a capella; "Froggy Would A-Wooing Go" |
| Mark Weakland | 2001 |
Children's | Little Animals | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Martha Hall | 1960 |
Folk | Mountain Music Of Kentucky | "Kitty Alone"; a capella |
| Mary O'Hara | 1958 |
Folk | Irish Traditional Folk Songs | "The Frog Song" (Irish) |
| McClain Family Band | 1973 |
McClain Family Band | "Mister Frog"; | |
| Mike and Peggy Seeger | 1977 |
Folk | American Folksongs for Children | |
| Mike Oldfield | 1974 | 7" single | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" | |
| Mitzie Collins | 1979 |
Children's | Sounds Like Fun | "A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go" |
| Morgan Sexton | 1989 |
Folk | Shady Grove | http://www.appalshop.org |
| Neils Harbor | 1955 |
Folk | Nova Scotia Folkmusic from Cape Breaton | "My Frog Went
A-Courtin'"; http://www.atsf.co.uk/elektra |
| Nelson Eddy & Robert Armbruster Orchestra | 1942 |
Folk | Lonesome Tunes | 78rpm |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 1996 |
Rock | B-Sides & Rarities | "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" |
| Odetta | 1964 |
Folk | Odetta Sings of Many Things | not available on CD |
| Ollie Gilbert | 1969 |
Folk | Field Recording, Mountain View, AK | "Uncle Rat";
http://www.missouristate.edu |
| Oscar Brand | 1961 |
Children's | Oscar Brand's Children's Concert | |
| Otis Bird | 1958 |
Folk | Field Recording, Marshall, AK | http://www.missouristate.edu |
| Otis High and Flarrie Griffin | 1979 |
Folk | Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends - Vol. 1 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina | http://www.smithsonianglobalsou |
| Paul Austin Kelly | 2002 |
Children's | Walking Oliver Sing-Along Collection | incorporates "Here's to Cheshire" as well as "Froggie" lyrics |
| Pete Seeger | 1953 |
Folk | Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes, Little and Big | "Frog Went A Courtin'" |
| Pete Seeger | 1961 |
Folk | American Folksongs for Children | http://www.peteseeger.net/PS-Froggie.mp3 |
| Pete Seeger | 1963 |
Folk | Children's Concert at Town Hall | "Here's to Cheshire - Here's to Cheese (Froggy)" |
| Peter Christ | 1986 |
Classical | Oboist Peter Christ | "Minatures For Flute, Oboe, & Piano: A Frog Went A-Courtin'"; instrumental; William Grant Still arrangement |
| Peter Pan's Pixie Players | 2000 |
Children's | Silly Songs | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| Phil Rosenthal | 1995 |
Folk | Green Grass Gew All Around | |
| Phyllis Marks | 1991 |
Folk | Folksongs and Ballads, Vol. 2 | http://www.augustaheritage.com |
| Pierre Simoncini | 1961 |
Rock | Schoolday Blues | "Buddy Went A Courtin'" |
| Pleaz Mobley | 1946 |
Folk | Field recording | with "My Parents
Raised Me Tenderly"; http://www.loc.gov/folklife |
| Red Allen | 1965 |
Country | Keep on Going: The Rebel & Melodeon Recordings | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Richard Dyer-Bennet | 1958 |
Folk | With Young People in Mind | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| Richard Dyer-Bennet | 194? |
Folk | Ballads | "Frog and the Mouse"; 78rpm |
| Robert Russell | 1997 |
Folk | Virginia Traditions: Ballads from British Tradition | |
| Robin Williamson | 1987 |
Children's | Songs for Children of All Ages | "Froggie Would A-Wooing Go"; |
| Sam Hinton | 1947 |
Folk | Library of Congress Recordings, March 25, 1947 | Library of Congress; released 1999 |
| Sam Hinton | 1964 |
Whoever Shall Have Some Peanuts (folksongs for children) | Kemo Kimo... | |
| Sara Grey | 1998 |
Folk | Back in the Airly Days | "The Frog's Wedding"; a capella |
| Sara Lena Teague | 1942 |
Folk | Field recording, Coahoma, MS | "Mister Frog
Went to Courting"; http://www.loc.gov/folklife |
| Seamus Ennis | 1954 |
Folk | Field Trip | "Uncle Frog Went Out to Ride (Ireland)"; on the Jean Ritche album; Kitty Alone lyrics |
| Second Maryland & Camp Chase Fife & Drum Corps | 1994 |
Soundtrack | More Songs & Music From Gettysburg | "Frog in the Well"; fife & drum instrumental |
| Shep Ginandes | 1953 |
Folk | There was a Little Tree: American Folksongs for Children | http://www.atsf.co.uk/elektra |
| Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Cousin Leroy |
1955 | Folk | Froggy Went A Courtin' | "Froggy Went A Courtin" |
| Stan Getz | 1965 |
Jazz | Canadian Concert of Stan Getz & Gary Burton | |
| Stan Samole | 1995 |
Jazz | Childish Dreams | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Stephen Caplan | Classical | A Tree in Your Ear | http://www.unlv.edu/programs |
|
| Stones River Chamber Players | 2005 |
Classical | streaming audio | "Miniatures,
for flute, oboe and piano"; instrumental; http://www.mtsu.edu/~music |
| Susan Reed | 1958 |
"Frog's Courtship"; | ||
| Tex Ritter | 1952 |
Country | High Noon: 1942-1952 | check recording date |
| The Countdown Kids | 2004 |
Children's | Silly Songs | "Frog Went a Courtin'" |
| The Johnstons | 1968 |
Folk | The Johnstons/The Barley Corn | "The Frog's Wedding" (Irish) |
| The Norman Luboff Choir | 1956 | Choral | Songs of the South | "Kemo Kimo" |
| The Rooftop Singers | 1964 |
Folk | Good Time! | |
| The Sierra Winds | Classical | William Grant Still - Get On Board: American Music for Woodwinds | "Miniatures: A Frog Went A Courtin'"; wind instrumental; William Grant Still arrangement | |
| The Spinners | 1964 |
Folk | Folk at the Phil! | "Here's to Cheshire" |
| The Wiggles | 2001 |
Children's | Wake Up Jeff! | "A Frog Went A Walking" |
| Tim Hart and Friends | 1983 |
Children's | Favourite Nursey Rhymes | "Froggy's Courting" |
| Tom Glazer | 1966 |
Children's | Tom Glazer Concert with and for Children | |
| Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy | 1986 |
Celtic | We've Come a Long Way | "Frog in the Well" |
| Tony Mottola | 1961 |
Easy Listening | Folk Songs | "Kemo Kimo" |
| Tony Trischka | 1993 |
Country | World Turning | "Keemo Kimo/Circus Jig"; banjo instrumental |
| Treblemakers | 2002 |
Folk | Singing With Treblemakers: Our Favorite Folk Songs | |
| Victor Johnson | 2003 |
Children's | Country Blues For Kids | http://cdbaby.com/cd/victorj3 |
| Virginia Eskin & Arnold Steinhardt | 1998 |
Music of Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger | "Nineteen American Folk Tunes (22), for piano Frog Went A-Courtin" | |
| Wendy Wiseman | 2003 |
Children's | Kids Favortie Tunes | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" |
| Wonder Kids Choir | 2000 |
Children's | Wonder Kids: Kids Super Sing-A-Long! | |
| Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry | 1944 |
Folk | Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4 | "Frog Went a Courtin' (Mouse Went a Courtin')"; released in 1999 |
1995 |
Children's | Animal Tracks (25 Songs of Wonder & Whimsy) | ||
1995 |
Children's | Story Time: 52 Favorite Lullabies, Nursery Rhymes and Whimsical Songs | ||
2000 |
Children's | Baby's First: Animal Songs, Happy Songs, Lullabies | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" | |
2001 |
Children's | Preschool Favorites | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" | |
2001 |
Children's | Baby's First Folk Songs | "Froggy Went A Courtin'" | |
2001 |
Children's | Best Ever Kids' Songs! | ||
2001 |
Children's | Nursery Rhyme Sing-along | "A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go" | |
2002 |
Children's | Songs for Silly Time | "A Frog Went a Courtin'"; album has versions with and without vocals | |
2002 |
Children's | 125 Songs for Kids | "Frog Went a Courtin'" | |
2002 |
Children's | A Treasure of Children's Songs | "A Frog Went A Courtin'" | |
2004 |
Children's | Bingo: Songs for Children in English with Brazilian and Carribean Rhythms | instrumental | |
2006 |
Children's | 108 Super Duper Songs | "A Frog Went A Courtin'" |
