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This Old Man

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A popular children's song with uknown origins. The oldest existing recorded version is by Anne Gilchrist in her 'Journal of the English Dance and Song Society' (1937). Below is a variant and more famous version of the song.

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This old man, he played one, He played knick-knack on my drum; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two, He played knick-knack on my shoe; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three, He played knick-knack on my knee; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four, He played knick-knack on my door; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five, He played knick-knack on my hive; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played six, He played knick-knack on my sticks; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played seven, He played knick-knack up in heaven; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played eight, He played knick-knack on my gate; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played nine, He played knick-knack on my spine; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played ten, He played knick-knack once again; With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.

 

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Earliest known recorded version byAnne Gilchrist