Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Cow jump'd over the Moon, The little dog laugh'd to see such Craft, And the Fork ran away with the Spoon.

source: Mother Goose's Melody (c 1765)

Sing hey didle, diddle, The cat an the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon, The little dog laugh'd To fee fuch craft, And the difh ran away with the fpoon.

source: Gammer Gurton's garland: or, the nursery Parnassus (1795 (?))

Hey diddle diddle, The cat scraped the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon; The little dog bayed To see such sports played, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

source: Popular rhymes and nursery tales: a sequel to the Nursery rhymes of England (1849)

Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran after the spoon.

source: Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and nursery songs (1870s)

Hey! diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon; The little dog laugh'd To see such sport, While the dish ran after the spoon.

source: Mother Goose's chimes, rhymes & melodies (c. 1861)

Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon;nThe little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran after the spoon.

source: Mother Goose's nursery rhymes: a collection of alphabets, rhymes, tales, and jingles (1877)

Hey diddle diddle The cat and the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon; The little dog laugh'd To see such fine sport, And the dish ran after the spoon.

source: Songs for the nursery (1808 (?))

Sing hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jump'd over the moon, The little dog laugh'd To see such craft, And the dish run away with the spoon.

source: Grammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus (1810)