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...it."* Probably from the strange couplets on Signs came the popular verse sung to children : — Hei diddle diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, The Cow jumped over the Moon; The little Dog laughed to see such a. sport, And the Dish fell a licking the Spoon. The three Blue Balls,...

...step, and a jump. 17. Scan the following lines, and then translate them into Latin hexameters : "High diddle diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon !" In what quarter was the moon when the cow jumped over her ? Was it an Alderney or a Welsh cow ?...

...language, till she, in her turn lost her temper, and then out she would sing, in a sort of scream — ' Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, . The cow jumped over the moon,' &c. And thus sho continued to sing (or squeal) until her wrath cooled down. The consequences of forming...

...till she, in her turn, lost her temper, and then out she would sing, in a sort of scream — " Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon," &c. And thus she continued to sing (or squeal) until her wrath cooled down. The consequences of forming...

...till she, in her turn lust her temper, and then out she would sing, in & sort •• scream — ' Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon,' &c. And thus she continued to sing (or squeel) until her wrath cooled down. 170 was up, in great wrath,...

...thing, give a thing, The old man's gold ring ; Lie butt, lie ben, Lie among the dead men. CXVII. HIE ! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, While the dish ran after the spoon. CXVIII. CRIPPLE Dick upon...

...thing, give a thing, The old man's gold ring ; Lie butt, lie ben, Lie among the dead men. CXVII. HIE ! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, While the dish ran after the spoon. CXVIII. CRIPPLE Dick upon...

...placida in spirabant undique pacem ; Hsec tibi — sed notos deseruere locos ! L. HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE. HEY diddle diddle ! the cat and the fiddle ! — The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laught to see such fine sport; And the dish ran away with the spoon. GAMMER GURTON. WOE'S...

...thing, give a thing, The old man's gold ring ; Lie butt, lie ben, Lie among the dead men. CXVII. HIE ! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, While the dish ran after the spoon. CXVIII. CRIPPLE Dick upon...