As I Went Over Yonders Pond

DESCRIPTION: "As I went over yonders pond, I spied a frog with a red shirt on, He leaped ten feet and jumped in the mud, And he big fairewell to the ladies all. So rise, let's go home; My darling, rise, let's go home." "A raiding froad and a heavy load...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida)
KEYWORDS: animal travel floatingverses nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #138, "As I Went Over Yonders Pond" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #5050
File: Morr138

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