...full of amiable condescension. Whereupon the Rod shook himself, arranged his cravat, and began — " 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." " Bravo ! bravo ! " cried the guests,...

...contains the elements of the first or naturemyth of primitive people. This is the way it runs: — " 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." To the adult looking through his...

...age. It is referred to in one of their treatises of useful science in the following manner : " • Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon.' " It was a cow, then, my lords and gentlemen, and not one of the earth-folk, that appeared that day...

...out to be such to May you will know hereafter. BERTIE'S VISIT TO MOTHER GOOSE. " High-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 after the spoon," sofcly crooned Nurse as she sat in front...

...happy pleasant times, And health and strength and senses keen Unknown in Southern climes. CHORUS. — Hey, diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see the fine sport And the dish ran away with the spoon-oon-oon-oon. Iloast not to us of...

...gen - tle, be as даЗЕ»^«да Fold - ed in his leaf Em-blems of hu - mil Be a um - i i. -t, siiu Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jump-ed over the moon." THE DEEK IN THE PAEK Come, look at the deer. Are they not nice and pret-ty things. The fa-ther deer has...

...tell which one you mean." Stella opened her eyes wide with astonishment. " Don't you know •• ' Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon'?" " Oh, to be sure I . That ere event occurred some time ago, and it had kind of slipped my mind. Yes,...

...l^-f Little Tommy Tittlemouse Lived in a little house ; J~— He caught fishes In other men's ditches. 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 after the spoon. Poor old Robinson Crusoe ! poor old Robinson...

...cherry tree, Come down and tell me, How many years I have to live ! THE SONG OF THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE. 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. 52 A STAR. COLOURS. BLUE is beauty,...

...arranged, however, as to make a poem a success from the simple arrangement of rhyming words. Thus: " Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed to nee such a craft, And the dish ran away with the spoon. " Though nonsensical and ridiculous,...