A Cat Came Fiddling Out of a Barn

The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.

A cat came fiddling out of a barn,
With a pair of bag-pipes under her arm;
She could sing nothing but fiddle cum fee,
The mouse has married the humble-bee;
Pipe, cat, — dance, mouse,
We'll have a wedding at our good house.


The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.

A cat came fiddling out of a barn.
With a pair of bag-pipes under her arm:
She could sing nothing but fiddle cum fee,
The mouse has married the bumble-bee;
Pipe, cat—dance, mouse,
We'll have a wedding at our good house.


Harry's Ladder to Learning David Bogue. 1850.

A cat came fiddling out of a barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm;
She could sing nothing but "Fiddle de dee,
The mouse has married the humble bee."

Tags - Jingle - Animal - Cat - Rodent - Mice - Bagpipe - Fiddler - Marriage - Wedding - House -

Origin - Europe - British Isles -