"Real fi diddle de di!" echoed Captain Truck.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

Now the words of the chant were these: "When I am dead, diddle, diddle, as well may hap, Bury me deep, diddle, diddle, under the tap, Under the tap, diddle, diddle, I'll tell you why, That I may drink, diddle, diddle, when I am dry.

little jumping Joan Here goes my lord Here sits the Lord Mayor Here's Sulky Sue Here we go round the mulberry bush Hey, diddle, diddle!

Hey diddle dinkety poppety pet

DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on, One stocking off, and one stocking on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.

DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on, One stocking off, and one stocking on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.

DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on, One stocking off, and one stocking on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.

DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his breeches on, One stocking off, and one stocking on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.

The diddling I cannot explain.

But on that first morning, when he came round to see me, we somehow succeeded in diddling one another, because we were each so anxious to shield the other and hush it all up....

You couldn't diddle either of them into thinking you any nicer than you were.

Again: most of them may be repeated in the same word, if not in the same syllable; as in bibber, diddle, fifty, giggle, high-hung, cackle, lily, mimic, ninny, singing, pippin, mirror, hissest, flesh-brush, tittle, thinketh, thither, vivid, witwal, union, dizzies, vision.

"In small matters," he said, "I gie you your ain way, for though you may be wrang, thinks I to mysel', 'She's but a woman'; but in important things, Gavinia, if I humoured you I would spoil you, so let this be a telling to you that there's no diddling a determined man"; to which she replied by informing the baby that he had a father to be proud of.

The consideration I show that poor old man, Grizel, while I know all the time that he is plotting to diddle me!

1 John Gilpin 9 The Milkmaid 2 The House that Jack Built 10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting 3 The Babes in the Wood 11

1 John Gilpin 9 The Milkmaid 2 The House that Jack Built 10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting 3 The Babes in the Wood 11

Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches. 1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle Picture Book 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 4

Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches. 1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle Picture Book 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 4