What are the words to the song This old Man the nursery rhyme please?

Question

What are the words to the song This old Man the nursery rhyme please?

Answer 1

this old man he played one he played knick knack on my drum with a knick knack paddy whack give a dog a bone this old man came rolling home!

is this what u mean?

Answer 2

This Old Man - Nursery Rhymes



1

This old man, he played one,

He played knick knack with his thumb,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

2

This old man, he played two,

He played knick knack with my shoe,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the 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 whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

4

This old man, he played four,

He played knick knack at my door,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

5

This old man, he played five,

He played knick knack, jazz and jive,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

6

This old man, he played six,

He played knick knack with his sticks,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

7

This old man, he played seven,

He played knick knack with his pen,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the 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 whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

9

This old man, he played nine,

He played knick knack, rise and shine,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

10

This old man, he played ten,

He played knick knack in my den,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

11

This old man, he played eleven,

He played knick knack up in heaven,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

12

This old man, he played twelve,

He played knick knack, dig and delve,

With a Knick, knack, paddy whack,

Give the dog a bone;

This old man came rolling home.

Answer 3

This old man

He played one

He played knick-knack on my thumb

CHORUS:

With a knick-knack paddy whack

Give a dog a bone

This old man came rolling home.

He played 2/He played knick-knack on my shoe

He played 3/He played knick-knack on my knee

He played 4/He played knick-knack on my door

He played 5/He played knick-knack on my hive

He played 6/He played knick-knack on my sticks

He played 7/He played knick-knack up in heaven

He played 8/He played knick-knack on my gate

He played 9/He played knick-knack on my spine

He played 10/He played knick-knack once again

What's really weird about this is that I was not five minutes ago looking at this in a children's song book that I'm using to play songs on the guitar for my daughter! LOL!

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By the way, the hand motions (if you're interested) are as follows:

This old man (point to self)

He played one (hold up one finger)

He played knick-knack on my thumb (forefinger tap thumb of opposite hand)

With a knick knack paddy whack (keep tapping)

Give a dog a bone

This old man (point to self)

Came rolling home (roll hands over each other)

2: two fingers tap shoe

3: three fingers tap knee

4: 4 fingers on forehead

5: wiggle fingers for flying bees

6: tap index fingers

7: point skyward

8: knowck on imaginary gate

9: tap on backbone

10: clap hands

:)

Answer 4

This Old Man

(Knick-Knack Paddywhack)

Traditional, Written By: Unknown, Copyright: Unknown



This old man, he played one,

He played knick-knack on my thumb;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

Knick-knack paddywhack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.