Nursery Rhyme, England (UK).
“This Old Man” is an English language children’s song, counting and nursery rhyme, first published in 1906. The origins of the song are unknown.
There is a version of the song with different lyrics called “Jack Jintle”, noted in 1937’s edition of Anne Gilchrist’s Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
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Lyrics
1. This old man, he played one
He played knick knack on my thumb
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
2. This old man, he played two
He played knick knack on my shoe
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
3. This old man, he played three
He played knick knack on my knee
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
4. This old man, he played four
He played knick knack on my door
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
5. This old man, he played five
Don’t play knick knack on that hive
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
6. This old man, he played six
He played knick knack on my sticks
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
7. This old man, he played seven
He played knick knack up in heaven
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
8. This old man, he played eight
He played knick knack on my gate
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
9. This old man, he played nine
He played knick knack on my vine
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
10. This old man, he played ten
He played knick knack all over again
With a knick knack paddy wack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
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Teaching idea & activities
The text of the song is good for language training, as many verses are rather difficult to pronounce (i.e. “knick-knack, paddy whack”).
Start singing the song slowly, increasing gradually the speed, so that at the end it’s done quite fast and hard to say.
As a counting song, “This old man” is sung in order to learn the first ten numbers. Clap respectively before every stanza as many times as the text requires.
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