High diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jump'd over the moon;
The little dog laugh'd
To see such craft,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Notes
Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is aabccb.
1."Probably the best-known nonsense verse in the language ..."
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, ed. Iona and
Peter Opie (1951\; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966), no. 213, pp. 203-05.
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