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Question: Who origionally wrote this poem!?
Who was the original author of:

Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon!.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon!.


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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Mother Goose, whose secret identity is a matter of some conjecture!. Personally, I'd just go with that answer!. If she honks at you for taking the easy way out, demand to know if she believes Sir Roger Bacon actually wrote most of Shakespeare's stuff!. It's all a matter of opinion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are three main theories as to where this poem came from!. Try this wikipedia page for more information:

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Hey_Diddle_!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Hey_Diddle_!.!.!. This should tell you everything about the rhyme :]Www@QuestionHome@Com

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no one really knows, i don't think!.!. it's just a nursery rhyme that varies from country to country!. Www@QuestionHome@Com