The nursery rhymes on which the cartoon is based were translated by Samuil Marshak, a famous Russian child's poets and translator.
The nursery rhymes are: "Hey Diddle Diddle", "What Are Little Boys Made Of?", "Robbin, A Bobbin, The Big-bellied Ben", "As I Went to Bonner", "Pussy Cat Pussy Cat", "Three Wise Men of Gotham".