Talk:Frog Went a-Courting

Wikisource
This should probably be moved to Wikisource Mihoshi 17:34, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I agree with respect to the lyrics, but I do think there should be an article on the song, its history, and its variants. --Allen 23:18, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Where there are many versions of a song they should probably go to wikisource, but most song articles keep one (the best known) version. I think we should have a version here where readers will look for it.--Sabrebd (talk) 06:37, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Book
How do you go about merging two articles? I think Frog Went A-Courtin' should be merged with this one. Jeffr 18:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. Carlo 22:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I always thought that cross-references were supposed to enlarge your knowledge. In this case all the cross-references are red (empty) links. Shouldn't they be removed, and not returned until they actually point to something? Ogg 19:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I disagree. Red links encourage people to write articles about the missing subjects.  Carlo 00:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll second that. The red links here are mostly likely notable enough for an article to be included. If there is an article that touches on the subjects, perhaps it should be linked to though. --Jonathan Williams 16:49, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * No, that is the philosophy of the hopelessly lazy, or the hopelessly optimistic. I will be extremely surprised if anyone writes a worthwhile article on "Kemo Kimo". At most it is worth a paragraph within the current article, not a separate entry. Ogg 18:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Frog went a-courting vs Frog he would a-wooing go - split?
Does anyone else think that these songs should be split? I learned them as different songs:

"A frog he would a woo-ing go, Hey ho says Rowley..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQO8xGV-9So

vs

"Frog he went a courting and he did ride, King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppPYGVkox98

Not only are the lyrics radically different, but the tune is too... They may (or may not) historically stem from the same source, but these days?

Thoughts? Quickos (talk) 17:56, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I do not think so. There are an enormous number of different versions of this song, and with many other songs.  Separate article for every version would seem to be counter-productive. Carlo (talk) 18:39, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I guess my point was, if it has a both a different tune and different lyrics, then surely it has to be a different song? Have a look at the two youtube links, hopefully they'll explain it better than I. Quickos (talk) 21:21, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Do they have a different Roud number? - usually a good guide to whether they are the same song or different versions.--''' SabreBD  (talk ) 21:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * It surprises me that the two songs are classed as one even if their story is roughly the same, and all the more that the article makes no mention of the fact that they have entirely different tunes and words, which according to most dictionary definitions of "song" would make it a different song. So it's at least worth a mention if not a complete split. 80.254.146.20 (talk) 16:25, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

What Are We Talking About
I had to read through the first two paragraphs to find out that this is a SONG. I really think that word should show up very early in a description of a SONG, like almost immediately. Pb8bije6a7b6a3w (talk) 06:44, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

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Crambo?
Could the word "crambone" be a reference to the rhyming game called "Crambo"?

G3NCR42Y (talk) 13:32, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Or the French for 'frog'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:386:C800:C62:416D:6FC9:C761 (talk) 10:25, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

English Language?
The source of the song specifically states it is not written in English. Worrying article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScotCuchullin (talk • contribs) 14:11, 29 March 2021 (UTC)