Fiddle Cat Nursery Rhyme

Fiddle cat, fiddle cat, 
Please fiddle me a song. 
How I love to hear you play 
Your fiddle all day long. 

At dawn you fiddle to the left,
At dusk you fiddle right. 
Then you fiddle to the middle, 
In the middle of the night. 

Fiddle cat, Fiddle cat,
So lovely and aloof,
You’re my whiskered weathervane, 
My fiddler on the roof. 

And when wind whistles from the West, 
Your fiddle faces East. 
And when the wind falls silent,
All the fiddle cats will feast.




February 27, 2023
Nursery Rhyme Poetry Contest sponsored by Eve Roper
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Lever Avatar
October 5, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Ha ha ha, oh eric i LOVE this. the play on words is as light and authentic in style as the fiddlers tune itself! Whiskered weathervane is magic and fiddler on the roof very clever. I love the way you play with words and i smiled all the way through this poem. love janine
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June 29, 2023 at 5:50 PM
Sure love this poem, Eric.
Cohen Avatar
June 29, 2023 at 6:57 PM
So glad to hear that. Thanks, Eve.
Lever Avatar
May 4, 2023 at 2:18 PM
I love this Eric. There is nothing else like nursery rhymes...I spent hours under the sheets with a torch reading aurthur mee's childrens encyclopedias, after lights out, when i was a little girl and the old nursery rhymes were wonderful. Yours is like those, fun and full of mystery of the fiddle cats. hope you are keeping well. janine lever xx
Cohen Avatar
May 4, 2023 at 2:38 PM
Thanks so much for the kind comment, Janine. I've been away from PS for quite a while, and it is really nice to hear from a poet I admire. I'll stop by when I can. ~Eric
Roper Avatar
March 4, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Congratulations on your win, Eric . Wonderful story. Eve.
Cohen Avatar
March 12, 2023 at 6:21 PM
Thanks for sponsoring these nursery rhyme contests, Eve. What a good thing you are doing.
Kendrick Avatar
March 4, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Congratulations on this winner in Eve's contest. Creative lines penned. Way to go. Thanks for sharing. Sara
Cohen Avatar
March 4, 2023 at 2:16 PM
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks, Sara.
Kyser Avatar
February 27, 2023 at 8:09 PM
Nice one Eric. When the storm comes in, it’s always at least cat 1!
Cohen Avatar
February 28, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Thanks for the visit, Jeff. We just dodged a Cat 4 storm here. No damage but some fur went flying.
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