Biography:
Tex Ritter (Woodward Maurice Ritter, January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting (son John and grandson Jason). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Tex Ritter, the son of James Everett Ritter and Martha Elizabeth Matthews grew up on his family's farm in Panola County and attended grade school in Carthage.
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Traditional You need a capo on some fret I think Don't know what one though sorry
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Mister Frog went a-courtin he did ride uh-huh uh-huh
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Mister Frog went a-courtin he did ride uh-huh uh-huh
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Mister Frog went a-courtin he did ride
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A sword and buckler by his side uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
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He bridled and saddled a big fat snail uh-huh uh-huh
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He bridled and saddled a big fat snail uh-huh uh-huh
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He bridled and saddled a big fat snail
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And rode it 'tween the horns and tail uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
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He rode up to Miss Mousie's door
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Where he had often been before
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He called Miss Mouse are you within
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Yes sir I'm sitting down to spin
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He took Miss Mouse upon his knee
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And asked My Dear will you marry me
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I'll have to ask my Uncle Rat
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To see what he will say to that
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Without my Uncle Rat's consent
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I wouldn't marry the President
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Frog jumped on his snail and rode away
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He vowed to come another day
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Now Uncle Rat when he came home
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Asked Who's been here since I was gone
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A very fine frog's been calling here
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And asked for me to be his dear
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Uncle Rat he laughed and shook his sides
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To think his niece would be a bride
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So Uncle Rat rode into town
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To buy Miss Mouse a wedding gown
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Say where will the wedding supper be
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Just down by the river in a hollow tree
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Say what will the wedding supper be
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One green bean and a black-eyed pea
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What else will the wedding supper be
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A fried mosquito and a roasted flea
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Pray tell us how Miss Mousie dressed
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In a cobweb veil and her Sunday best
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And what did Mister Froggie wear
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Sky-blue pants and a doublet fair
SEE ALTERNATE ENDING AFTER VERSE 7
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First guest to call was the Bumble Bee
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And he played them a fiddle tune upon his knee
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The next to come were the Duck and Drake
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Who ate every crumb of the wedding cake
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Come Miss Mouse may we have some beer
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That your uncle and I may have some cheer
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Pray Mister Frog will ye sing a song
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That's bright and cheery and shan't last long
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Indeed Miss Mouse replied the Frog
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A cold has made me as hoarse as a hog
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Since a cold in the head has laid you up
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I'll sing you a song that I just made up
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The all sat down and started to chat
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When in came the kittens and the cat
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The bride in fright runs up the wall
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Turns her ankle and down she falls
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They all went sailing 'cross the lake
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And all got swallowed by a big black snake
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And the ones who escaped were one two three
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The Frog the Rat and Miss Mousie
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The Mouse and Frog went off to France
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And that's the end of their romance
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There's bread and jam upon the shelf
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If you want some just help yourself
ALTERNATE ENDING
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First to come in were two little ants
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Fixing around to have a dance
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Next to come in was a fat sassy lad
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Thinking himself as big as his dad
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Thinks himself a man indeed
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Because he chews the tobacco weed
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And next to come in was a big tomcat
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He swallowed the Frog and the Mouse and the Rat
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Next to come in was a big old snake
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He chased the party into the lake
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So that's the end of one two three
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The Rat the Frog and Miss Mousie
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