Read full poem →2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book
4 The Panjandrum Picture Book
Dictionary Entry
In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. diddledumpling diddlearound diddledum diddledee diddlediddle heydiddle hididdle fi
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Poetry examples for “diddle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →'At they git up there an' sing it,
Hey dum diddle, loud and gay.
Why, it shames the name o' sacred
Read full poem →And the frost comes white and the wind blows cold;
Then it's heigho! fellows and hi-diddle-diddle,
For the time is ripe for the corn-stalk fiddle.
Read full poem →Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle;
Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle,
To cheer you thro' the weary widdle
Read full poem →9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go