"A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO."

Your Sexagenarian who dates from "Shooter's Hill," has *not* hit the mark when he suggests that Anna Bouleyn's marriage with Henry VIII. (in the teeth of the Church) is the hidden mystery of the popular old song,— "Sir Frog he would a-wooing go, Whether his mother was willing or no." That some courtship in the history of the British monarchy, leaving a deep impression on the public mind, gave rise to this generally diffused ballad, is exceedingly probable; but the style and wording of the song are evidently of a period much later than the age of Henry VIII. Might not the madcap adventure of Pr…