It’s not performed as I recall it from my childhood (and yes, I still have a Childcraft book similar to the one I learned it from around here. . . somewhere *heh*), but Burl Ives does a bang-up job with Froggie Went A-Courtin’:
"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."