title: Fair play for frogs: The Waldie-Frobish papers
author:  Jerome R Waldie 
description: A humorous account in a series of letters asking for Fair Play for Frogs, with text drawings, pp. 178.
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  # A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Illustration: A Frog he would a-wooing go.
  
  
  R. Caldecott Picture Books]
  
  
  
  
  
  A FROG HE WOULD
  
  
  A-WOOING GO
  
  
  
  
  
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  A Frog he would a-wooing go,
  
  
  _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
  
  
  Whether his Mother would let him or no.
  
  
  _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_ ,
  
  
  _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
  
  
  
  
  
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  So off he set with his opera-hat,
  
  
  _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
  
  
  And on his way he met with a Rat.
  
  
  _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_ ,
  
  
  _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
  
  
  
  
  
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  “Pray, MR. RAT, will you go with me,”
  
  
  _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
  
  
  “Pretty MISS MOUSEY for to see?”
  
  
  _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_ ,
  
  
  _Heigho, say