Now when the woman addressed this funny kind of talk to him, he answered her in her own way, as he imagined, readily enough: "Hey diddle-diddle, the cat's in the fiddle, fe fo fi fum, chumpty-chumpty-chum, with bings on her ringers, and tells on her boes.

High diddle doubt, my candle's out Higher than a house, higher than a tree Hot-cross Buns!

And I diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-de, Till now I am the ruler of the Queen's navee.

Tink-a-diddle-diddle-diddle, Tink-a-diddle-diddle-dum" "Rap louder," I said.

Inseruit pollices, pruna nana evellens, et magnâ voce exclamavit "Dii boni, quàm bonus puer fio!" Diddle-diddle-dumkins!