Hey diddle diddle, The cat scraped the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon; The little dog bayed To see such sports played, And the dish ran away with the spoon. ??' ?????, ???? ?' ???, ??? ???? ????? ??????, ???? ?? ????? ?????????; ???????? ?' ????????, ??, ??, ??????? ?' ???? ???????, ??? ??????? ????? ???????? ?????.
The unmeaning "Hey diddle diddle" is a corruption of the very intelligible ?d' ad??a, d??a d' ade, which is literally "Sing words not clear, and Sing words clear;" with which may be compared a Sibylline verse in Greek, ????? a?' ??? et? d????; ad??a de pa?ta ta ?????. |
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