“King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O” Chubby Parker & His Old-Time Banjo (Froggie went a courting)

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Recorded on August 23, 1928.

Chubby Parker and His Old-Time Banjo plays and sings “King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O” on Columbia 15296-D.

Froggie went a courting and he did ride
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
With a sword and a pistol by his side
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Ki-mo-ke-mo ki-mo-ke
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
An owl and a bat and a bumble bee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

He rode ’til he came to miss mousie’s door
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
And there he knelt upon the floor
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Ki-mo-ke-mo ki-mo-ke
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
An owl and a bat and a bumble bee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

He took miss mouse upon his knee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
And he said little mouse will you marry me
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Ki-mo-ke-mo ki-mo-ke
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
An owl and a bat and a bumble bee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Miss mouse had suitors three or four
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
And there they came right in the door
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Ki-mo-ke-mo ki-mo-ke
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
An owl and a bat and a bumble bee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Mr. Frog brought the suitors to the floor
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
With the sword and the pistol he showed all four
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Ki-mo-ke-mo ki-mo-ke
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
An owl and a bat and a bumble bee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Now they live far off in a hollow tree
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o
Where they now have wealth and children three
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

Ki-mo-ke-mo ki-mo-ke
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
An owl and a bat and a bumble bee
King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o

The song has other names: "Frog in the Well," “Frog Went A-Courting;” “A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go;” “The Frog’s Courtship;” "The Frog and the Mouse;" "It was a frog in a well," “There Was a Puggie in a Well,” “There Lived a Puddie in the Well,” and “The Frog's Wooing.”

The song is related to Cheshire (Here's to Cheese); There Was a Puggie in a Well; Sing Song Kitty (Won't You Ki-Me-O); Frog's Wedding; It Was a Frog in the Well; Kyman-I-Doe; Birmingham; "Kemo Kimo;" “King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O;” "I Ask That Gal" (tune); "The Bear in the Hill" (plot); “Kitty Alone” (text).

Frederick R. "Chubby" Parker lived from 1876 to 1940.

He played American "old-time" or folk music. He was a popular radio entertainer.

Parker was born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1876. His grandparents were from Kentucky, and his father was the deputy treasurer of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Parker graduated from Purdue University in 1898.

In 1925 Parker began appearing on the National Barn Dance program of Chicago radio station WLS.

He made over 50 records.

In 1952, Harry Everett Smith released his influential Anthology of American Folk Music, and included Parker's song "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O," an arrangement of the traditional English folk song "Frog Went A-Courting."

“King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O” Chubby Parker & His Old-Time Banjo (Froggie went a courting)