The famous merry king who calls for his pipe, his bowl and his fiddlers three, paired here with the short riddle See, See. A well-loved standard with a rollicking, musical rhythm that carries small listeners along.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Old King Cole
Was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three!
And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he.
"Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee," went the fiddlers.
Oh, there's none so rare
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.
SEE, SEE
See, see! What shall I see?
A horse's head where his tail should be.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition