...And saw him seated on a heap of dead, Yelling the nursery -tune, Grimacing at the moon. . . . " And the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport And the dish ran away with the spoon." And, as he stopt to snigger, I struggled to my knees and...

...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, as is observed in the Antiquarian...

...end. 39. One piece in Ishmael's foolish book, wag, " High ding diddle '. The cat is in the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed to see the sport, The dish hopped over the spoon." 40. « It is strange," said Mr. Halyard, "that a child...

...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 a stick, And Sandy on a sow, Eiding...

...ln!^.emonai' ha3 souBQt to Poison and prejudice the mind of " High 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." "Let us analyse these despicable nursery rhymes, in...

...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 a stick, And Sandy on a sow, Riding...

...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 a stick, And Sandy on a sow, Riding...

...the regular hexameters and pentameters of the editor. " Hey diddle diddle! the cat and the fiddle! , The cow jumped over the moon : The little dog laughed to see such fine sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon." " Heididulum—atque iterum didulum! Felisque Fidesilue...

...book. What sense is there in such jingle as this ? — Hev diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle ; The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed to see the sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon ! 2. But some of the old rhymes are not so foolish....

...have a wedding at our good house.' And here's another. " Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon — The little dog laughed To see the craft, And the dish ran after the spoon." Now, mother, the book is full of such things as these,...