"Hey diddle diddle"
A parody of the traditional nursery rhyme, Roald Dahl's version of "Hey diddle diddle" starts in the same as the original version: with a call "Hey diddle diddle." Instead of a cat being on the fiddle, however, "we're all on the fiddle" and never "get up until noon." The people on the fiddle also "only take cash" which they stash away so no one can find it. At the same time, they work through the night "by the light of the" wonderfully magnificent "light of the moon."
"As I was going to St Ives"
A parody of the traditional nursery rhyme, "As I was going to St Ives" tells the story of an unnamed narrator who, on their trip to St. Ives, met a man who had seven wives. And that man absolutely adored his seven wives, as he felt only one wife would be too few. Every one of his wives, by the way, had seven sacks. Those seven sacks, in turn, had seven cats. And those seven cats in turn had seven kits, creating a bit of a strange and obnoxious situation.
