Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee
-----Adapted and Illustrated by PAUL GALDONE
I had a cat and the cat pleases me, I fed my cat by yonder tree.
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a hen and the hen pleases me, I fed my hen by yonder tree.
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a duck and the duck pleases me, I fed my duck by yonder tree.
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a goose and the goose pleases me, I fed my goose by yonder tree.
Goose goes swishy, swashy,
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck,
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a sheep and the sheep pleases me, I fed my sheep by yonder tree.
Sheep goes baa, baa,
Goose goes swishy, swashy,
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a pig and the pig pleases me, I fed my pig by yonder tree.
Pig goes griffy, gruffy,
Sheep goes baa, baa,
Goose goes swishy, swashy,
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a cow and the cow pleases me, I fed my cow by yonder tree.
Cow goes moo, moo,
Pig goes griffy, gruffy,
Sheep goes baa, baa,
Goose goes swishy, swashy,
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a horse and the horse pleases me, I fed my horse by yonder tree.
Horse goes neigh, neigh,
Cow goes moo, moo,
Pig goes griffy, gruffy,
Sheep goes baa, baa,
Goose goes swishy, swashy,
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
I had a dog and the dog pleases me, I fed my dog by yonder tree.
Dog goes bow-wow, bow-wow,
Horse goes neigh, neigh,
Cow goes moo, moo,
Pig goes griffy, gruffy,
Sheep goes baa, baa,
Goose goes swishy, swashy,
Duck goes quack,quack,
Hen goes chimmy-chuck, chimmy-chuck
Cat goes fiddle-I-fee.
The Grandma came and she fed me…while the others dozed by yonder tree.
And cat went fiddle-i-fee.
