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Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John…

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While most of this nursery rhyme is pretty straightforward, the term “diddle diddle dumpling” may not have been something the original writer came up with themselves. According to The Oxford Dictionary Of Nursery Rhymes, British dumpling vendors used to yell that phrase when promoting their wares in 18th-century England.
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Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John…
- One shoe off and one shoe on
- Put his little shoes on wrong
- Fell asleep right on the lawn
- Went to bed with his trousers on
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