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From Smithsonian Folkways, the following description of "Froggie Went a Courtin'" is from the liner notes for Elizabeth Mitchell’s album Blue Clouds: "This tale of courtship between a frog and a mouse has been sung so many different ways in the folk tradition. We recorded another version—slower, with a repeating, echoing "uh-huh" throughout— many years ago on our album You Are My Sunshine. I never loved the "king kong kitchie" version until I started singing it with my students in a folk music class I was teaching this year. Something magical happened when I heard the children sing it this way. My friend Natalie taught me some verses I had never heard before, and it became clear that it was time to interpret the song again! I invited my friends Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, and Ruthy Ungar over to help me bring the music to life. Playing with this extraordinary family of musicians is an experience I will never forget. I changed the last verse from "they now had wealth and children three" to "they had good health and children three," and they all lived happily ever after."
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