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The rhyme may date back to at least the sixteenth century. Some references suggest it dates back in some form a thousand or more years: in early medieval illuminated manuscripts a cat playing a fiddle was a popular image. [5]
The original "Hey Diddle Diddle" nursery rhyme, on which Tolkien's song is based, [7] may date back to the sixteenth century or earlier. Some sources suggest it may be a thousand or more years old: a cat playing a fiddle was a popular image in early medieval illuminated manuscripts. [8]
The Cat and the Fiddle may refer to: "Hey Diddle Diddle" or "The Cat and the Fiddle", a nursery rhyme; The Cat and the Fiddle, a 1931 Broadway production by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach; The Cat and the Fiddle, a 1934 adaptation the stage musical; The Cat and the Fiddle, a 1977 album by Papa John Creach
Mother Goose in Prose is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum, and the first book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. It was originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, and re-released by the George M. Hill Company in 1901. [1]
The Cat and Fiddle Arcade is a shopping mall and hub located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and covers a city block made up of about 17 buildings [7] at 49-51 Murray Street. It is famous for its musical clock , which plays the Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme hourly [ 8 ] [ 9 ] with glockenspiel and vibraphone , [ better source needed ] and is a ...
The rhyme itself may date back to at least the sixteenth century. Early medieval illuminated manuscripts depicting a cat playing a fiddle were also popular images. [129] How Many Miles to Babylon? United Kingdom c. 1801 [130] Origin unknown, but studies have suggested the rhyme may be older than attested. Jack and Jill 'Jack and Gill' Great Britain
"The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late" (1923) is J. R. R. Tolkien's imagined original song behind the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle The Cat and the Fiddle ... the cow jumped over the moon", invented by back formation. [10] Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928) was intended to be the last of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books.
The Cat and the Fiddle: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (2011) Queen of the Sky (2011) I am Cat (2012) Song of the Golden Hare (2013) East of the Sun, West of the Moon (2013) Words of Little Evie in the Wild Wood (2013) illustrated by Catherine Hyde; Something About a Bear (2014) [14] The Wild Swans (2015) Cat Walk (2015) The Quiet Music of Gently ...