Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes

Subject: Lyr Req: Diddle diddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: crucialmusic
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 04:05 PM

A newly released Nursery Rhyme CD is out on www.looserecords.com called diddle diddle doodle doo so 2 questions

Is there a nursery ryhme called diddle diddle doodle doo -if so lyrics please

Is there a portfolio of lyrics for these old fashioned nurery rhymes please in one book still available
AJT

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhyme
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 05:19 PM

Hi, AJT - a good place to check for nursery rhymes is http://www.kididdles.com, but I don't see your song there. I do remember something like "doodle-dy-doo," though. If you're looking for books of nursery rhymes with tunes, the "Wee Sing" series is very good.

If you want really comprehensive books of nursery rhymes, chech out the works of Iona and Peter Opie particularly the Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book and the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, and the Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes. I don't know which of these are in print, but they're all available through www.bookfinder.com

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: Le Scaramouche
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 05:37 PM

Could fit ANY nursery rhyme you like.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 06:19 PM

I don't think it's a rhyme in its own right; just the cd title, presumably made from the two obvious titles run together. All the listed tracks are well-known standards, though I wouldn't really describe "If you're happy and you know it" as a nursery rhyme.

As Joe says, the Opies are the standard authority, and they provide variants and real background/historical information (as opposed to the modern myths so often circulated as "fact" nowadays).

If you prefer something less scholarly, then there are any number of books, ranging from the useful to the completely ridiculous. Perhaps other people will recommend some.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 08:12 PM

... especially the completely ridiculous, please?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: Snuffy
Date: 12 Oct 05 - 06:59 PM

Cock-a-doodle-do
Mt dame has lost her shoe
My master's lost his fiddling stick
And doesn't know what to do.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: GUEST,rodger.kessler at uvm.edu
Date: 19 May 11 - 08:32 PM

My wife started singing didely daidily doo wouldn't you. We are trying to track down history. Ideas? Rodger Kessler

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Diddlediddle doodle doo nursery rhymes
From: Jeri
Date: 19 May 11 - 08:45 PM

"Mairzey Doats" (mares eat oats) maybe?