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Frog in the Millpond
Traditional Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune; USA, Southwestern Pa.
ARTIST: James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's);
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1930’s RECORDING INFO:???
OTHER NAMES: Fare You Well My Susan
SOURCES: Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc; Dance to the Fiddle-Bayard, 1981; No. 71, pg. 48.;
NOTES: "4/4 time-G Major. Standard. AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).
LYRICS:
Fare you well, my Susan
Fare you well, my dear.
Fare you well, my Susan
I’m going to leave you here.
Chorus: Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.
Frog in the millpond, settin’ on a log,
Devil on the hillside gruntin’ like a hog.
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