MORAL Hey diddle diddlety, Cat and the fiddlety, Maidens of England, take caution by she!
Since still they make ballads that worse and worse Savor of diddle and hey-de-dee.
With a hey down and a hey diddle downie 2 She gave to me a gay gold ring, With three shining diamonds set therein.
With my hey down and a hey diddle downie 2 He gave her a silver wan, With nine bright laverocks thereupon.
Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on, One stocking off, and one stocking on, Diddlediddle dumpling, my son John.
Hey diddle diddle," broke in Amesbury, who had not for a moment lost his temper, and who fairly oozed good humor.
He arose and returned the violin to its case, humming as he did so: "'Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle.
Maloney has got seven days for shootin' of the crow; With his fol the diddle, fol the diddle daddy.
Well, anyhow, this is the song: "As I was hopping along one day, Hi diddle um diddle I!
It goes to the tune of "Oh fie lum diddle daddy de dum," which is a very nice tune if you can sing it.
Quawk,” cried the hen, and she began to run, and Chicken-diddle ran after her.
So he began to try `Hey diddle diddle', but it wouldn't do.
But it must be very pretty nonsense, and not like that silly hey diddle diddle!
I wish I could think of something else, but there's nothing will come into my head but hey diddle diddle!
Hi 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.
And the oftener they drank the more musical they became with their eternal: "Diddle diddle dumpling, My son John!
Did they mean Sir William's son, John, by their "diddle dumpling?
He then turned his back on the poor man, and at every question of the comptroller he chaunted-- "Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on.
While we were waiting for Wordsworth's reply, Lamb sung out "Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle.
High diddle doubt, my candle out, My little maid is not at home: Saddle my hog, and bridle my dog, And fetch my little maid home.
The burden stands thus in the manuscript after the first stanza: O wow for day, diddle An dear gin it were day, diddle Gin it were day, diddle I were away, For I ha na lang time to stay.
There was a knight, in a summer's night, Was riding oer the lee, diddle An there he saw a bonny birdy, Was singing upon a tree.
He says I rob him because I won’t scamp my work anddiddle his customers; and that filled t’ cup up, and I brought my bass home.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "diddle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
