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Key: D

Genre: Children

Harp Type: Diatonic

Skill: Any

This Old Man (2nd pos)

Trad. nursery rhyme
Key: D
Time: 2/4
Harp: G

-4 -3 -4 -4 -3 -4
-8 -7 -8 -8 -7 -8
This old man, he played one,

5 -4 4 -3 -3”-3 4
8 -8 7 -7 -6 -7 7
He played knick-knack on my drum.

-4 3 3 3 3
-8 6 6 6 6
Knick-knack pad-dy whack

3 -3” -3 4 -4
6 -6 -7 7 -8
Give the dog a bone,

-4 -3” -3” 4 -3 -3” 3
-8 -6 -6 7 -7 -6 6
This old man came roll-ing home.

Lyrics

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.