Hey, diddle, diddle!
Language: English
Hey, diddle, diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with The Real Mother Goose, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright, New York: Scholastic, 1916, page 60.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "The Cat and the Fiddle" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Herbert Hughes (1882 - 1937), "Hey diddle diddle", subtitle: "In moto perpetuo", 1921?, published 1921, copyright © 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Parodies, book 2, no. 6, London: Metzler & Co. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-03-19
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