Frog-Pond

DESCRIPTION: Singing game in which a duck chases all the frogs (other children). "Come, neighbors, the moon is up, It's pleasant here out on the bank.... And let us, before we sup, go kough, kough, kough." "Hush, yonder is the waddling duck... I don't mean to stay."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty hunting bird animal
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newell-GamesAndSongsOfAmericanChildren, #49, "Frog-Pond" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Newe049

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