High Diddle Doubt
Nursery Song
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.
Notes
The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright, has a slightly different version:
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.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The version of the rhyme at the top of the page can be found in Harry's Ladder to Learning (1850).
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