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Frog He Would a-Wooing Go, A

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Analysis

Song Analysis

Grade Level K - 5	Tonal Center do
Scale Hexachord	Range P8
Tone Set s,l, Drmfs	Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements fa	Melodic Context f-m-r
Rhythmic Element(s)
Original Starting Pitch F#	Partwork
Form Analysis A(ab)B(cdb)	Form Type Strophic with refrain

Rhythm Set

Source

Brave Boys: New England Traditions in Folk Music. Recorded Anthology of American Music, NW 239 A1.

Informant/Performer
Gail Stoddard Storm, Norwell, MA, 1977

State
Massachusetts

Region
New England

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Ballad

Game Types

Sub-Game Types

Sub-Game Types

Figures

Subject(s)
Animals

Sub Subject
Frog

Alternate Titles
Frog Went a-Courting

General Comments

Also in Sail Away,Eleanor G. Locke, ed.