The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)/This Old Man He Played One - Mitch Miller/Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra/The Peter Pan Orchestra/The Kids

  

The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)/This Old Man He Played One

This old man he played one
He played nick nack on my drum
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played two
He played nick nack on my shoe
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played three
He played nick nack on my tree
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played four
He played nick nack on my door
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played five
He played nick nack on my hive
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

WHISTLING AND DRUMS INTERLUDE

This old man he played six
He played nick nack on my sticks
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played seven
He played nick nack on my deven
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played eight
He played nick nack on my gate
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played nine
He played nick nack on my vine
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played ten
He played nick nack on my hen
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

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This old man, he played one,

He played knick-knack on my thumb. (on a drum, on my tongue)

With a knick-knack, paddy whack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,

He played knick-knack on my shoe.

(etc.)

This old man, he played three,

He played knick-knack on my knee. (on my tree)

(etc.)

This old man, he played four,

He played knick-knack on my door. (on the floor)

(etc.)

This old man, he played five,

He played knick-knack on my hive. (on my knife, on the drive, making a dive, on my thigh, way up high)

(etc.)

This old man, he played six,

He played knick-knack with some sticks.

(etc.)

This old man, he played seven,

He played knick-knack up in heaven. (on my oven, down in Devon)

(etc.)

This old man, he played eight,

He played knick-knack on my gate. (on my plate, on my pate)

(etc.)

This old man, he played nine,

He played knick-knack on my spine. (in a line)

(etc.)

This old man, he played ten,

He played knick-knack once again. (home again, on my pen, on my shin, on my hen, now and then)

(etc.)

This old man, he played eleven,

He played knick-knack on the way to heaven. (down to Devon)

(etc.)

This old man, he played twelve,

He played knick-knack on my shelf.

(etc.)

This old man, he played thirteen,

He played knick-knack on my curtain.

(etc.)

This old man, he played fourteen,

He played knick-knack in the autumn.

(etc.)

This old man, he played fifteen,

He collects bronze coins marked 'Ich Dien'.

(etc.)

This old man, ten add six,

He played knick-knack on my bricks,

(etc.)

This old man, ten plus seven,

He played knick-knack on my bedding,

(etc.)If I could save time in a bottle

The first thing that I'd like to do

Is to save every day

Till Eternity passes away

Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever

If words could make wishes come true

I'd save every day like a treasure and then,

Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time

To do the things you want to do

Once you find them

I've looked around enough to know

That you're the one I want to go

Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes

And dreams that had never come true

The box would be empty

Except for the memory

Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time

To do the things you want to do

Once you find them

I've looked around enough to know

That you're the one I want to go

Through time with 

This old man, ten plus eight,

He played knick-knack on my slate,

(etc.)

This old man, ten plus nine,

He played knick-knack on my twine.

(etc.)

This old man, ten plus ten,

He played knick-knack once again. (on my pen, on my shin, on my hen)

(etc.)