Hey Diddle Diddle - Lyrics

Lyrics

One of the most commonly used modern versions of the rhyme is:

Hey diddle diddle,
The Cat and the fiddle,
The Cow jumped over the moon,
The little Dog laughed to see such sport,
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.

Older versions of the nursery rhyme use "craft" instead of "sport" to maintain the rhyming scheme of AABCCB. In more recent versions the archaic 'sport' is replaced with 'fun' or 'a sight'.

Hey diddle diddle,
The Cat and the fiddle,
The Cow jumped over the moon,
The little Dog laughed
To see such craft,
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.