Diddle, diddle dumpling
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,
Went to bed with his trousers on;
One shoe off, one shoe on,
Diddle, diddle dumpling my son John.
Origin
Hot dumpling sellers in old London town used to cry out “Diddle Diddle Dumpling” when selling their wares. The John in this rhyme sounds as though he may have been a bit diddled the night before, and probably not from eating dumplings!