High Diddle Doubt, My Candle's Out
Harry's Ladder to Learning David Bogue. 1850.
High diddle doubt, my candle's out,
My little dame's not at home;
Saddle my hog, and bridle my dog,
And fetch my little dame home.
Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. Walter Crane. 1877.
The Real Mother Goose. Blanche Fisher Wright. 1916.
High diddle doubt, my candle's out,
My little maid is not at home;
Saddle my hog and bridle my dog,
And fetch my little maid home.
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 Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
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 Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
I doubt, I doubt my fire is out,
My little wife isn't at home;
I'll saddle my dog, and I'll bridle my cat,
And I'll go fetch my little wife home.
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
Rowsty dowt, my fire's all out,
My little dame is not at home!
I'll saddle my cock, and bridle my hen,
And fetch my little dame home again!
Home she came, tritty trot,
She asked for the porridge she left in the pot;
Some she ate and some she shod,
And some she gave to the truckler's dog;
She took up the ladle and knocked its head,
And now poor Dapsy dog is dead!
High diddle doubt, my candle's out,
And my little dame's not at home:
So saddle my hog, and bridle my dog,
And fetch my little dame home.
Tags - Relics - Love - Natural History - Fire - Candle - Saddle - Dame - Maid - Wife - Porridge - Pot - Ladle - Animal - Hog - Dog - Cat - Bird - Chicken - Rooster - Cock - Hen -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -