Sesame Street Crayons/A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (from The Muppet Show)

Cast

 * Baby Bear Beary Brown as Rowlf the Dog
 * Ernie Clear Sky Blue as Sam the Eagle

Lyrics
( Baby Bear Beary Brown plays a piano riff.)

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Very nice.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: Thank you.

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Ahem. I take great pride in introducing the charming 18th century romantic ballad,A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. (to Baby Bear Beary Brown ) Go.

( Baby Bear Beary Brown begins playing.)

Baby Bear Beary Brown: A frog he would a-wooing go. Hey, ho, said Rowley. Whether his mother would let him or no With a rowley, powley, gammon, and spinach, Hey ho, said Anthony Rowley.

( Ernie Clear Sky Blue hums to the hook.)

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Hmm. Beautiful.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: (spoken) Thank you. Next verse. (singing) He came to sweep Miss Mousey's hall. Hey, ho, said Rowley. He gave a loud knock, he gave a loud call, With a rowley, powley, gammon, and spinach, Hey ho, said Anthony Rowley.

( Ernie Clear Sky Blue hums to the hook.)

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Hmm. Charming.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: (spoken) Thank you. Next verse. (singing) But while they there were merry making, Hey, ho, said Rowley A cat and her kittens came tumbling in, With a rowley, powley, gammon, and spinach, Hey ho, said Anthony Rowley.

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Oh, yes. Sheer poetry, isn't it?

Baby Bear Beary Brown: Well, I think l'd like it more if I understood the words.

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Oh, well, which words?

Baby Bear Beary Brown: Well, let's start with "A frog he would a-wooing go."

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: A-ha! Uh, yes, that. This shows us that there was a time when frogs, indeed, used to go "woo".

Baby Bear Beary Brown: Frogs don't go "woo, woo." They go ribbit.

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Only very recently.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: "Hey, ho, said Anthony Rowley."

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Ah, oh, yes. Oh, that one. The precise meaning of the expression "hey, ho" is lost in antiquity. You won't find any modern rubbish here.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: What about "Rowley poly gammon and spinach"?

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Oh, yes, yes, yes.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: What's that?

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: That's rubbish.

Baby Bear Beary Brown: That's what I thought.

( Baby Bear Beary Brown concludes the song with a riff. Applause.)

Ernie Clear Sky Blue: Why are they laughing?