The Frog In The Spring (hi-lo)

by African-American folk song

Type:: Diatonic
Key:: G
Posted by:: WaltP

THE FROG IN THE SPRING hi-lo
Negro dialect song of the 1840’s
Key: G

  3    4  4  4      3   -3”-3”   3
  6    7  7  7      6   -6 -6    6
There was a frog, lived in the spring

 4    4   -4  -4  4  -4  5  -4 -4
 7    7   -8  -8  7  -8  8  -8 -8
Sing-song kit-ty won-cha ki-me-o

 3   4   4  4   3   -3”  -3”  3
 6   7   7  7   6   -6   -6   6
Had such a cold he could not sing

 4    4   -4  -4  4  -4  5  4  4
 7    7   -8  -8  7  -8  8  7  7
Sing-song kit-ty won-cha ki-me-o

5  6   6  6     5   6   6
8  9   9  9     8   9   9
Ki-mo, ky-mo, where-o-where

6  -5  -5 5   5  -4  -4  -4  -4
9  -9  -9 8   8  -8  -8  -8  -8
Me-he, me-hi and in come Sal-ly

 3    3    4    4    4  4   3    3
 6    6    7    7    7  7   6    6
Sing-ing, sing-song pen-ny whis-tle

 4    4    4  4   3
 7    7    7  7   6
Sing-song pus-sy cat

 4    4   -4  -4  4  -4  5  4  4
 7    7   -8  -8  7  -8  8  7  7
Sing-song kit-ty won-cha ki-me-o