Mythology & Folklore
Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee,
The fly shall marry the humble-bee.
They went to the church, and married was she,
The fly has married the humble-bee.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Jingles.
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MLA
Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/419/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-de-dee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/419/.
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