Hey Diddle Diddle
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sing hey diddle, diddle, Heigh Diddle Diddle, High diddle, diddle, The Song of the Cat and the Fiddle, The Cat and the Fiddle, Hi, Diddle, Diddle, Hey! Diddle, Diddle, The Song of The Cat and the Fiddle
traditional song
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Main subject
- cow
- Composer
- Samuel Arnold
- Performer
- Olive Kline
- Image
- Nursery Rhymes pg 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1772-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- illustrator
- Thomas Bewick
- published in
- Blackwood's Magazine
- inception
- 1800-00-00
- quotation or excerpt
- Hey diddle, diddle, a cat and a fiddle, / The goats jump’d over the moon ; / And the little dogs bark’d to see such sport, / And the cat ran away with the spoon.
- tempo marking
- allegro
- has characteristic
- traditional folk song
- form of creative work
- song
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