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This Old Man - Wikipedia

He played knick-knackonmythumb (or drum). Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home. [3] Subsequent verses follow this pattern, rhyming the continually increasing numbers with other items, such as "two" with "...

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This old man, he played one He played knick-knackonmythumb Knick-knack paddywhack Give a dog a bone This old man came rolling home.

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The Lyrics and history behind This Old Man. What does it mean? How do you sing it?

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A knick-knack is a small object or a trinket. However, in the context of this song, a knick-nack is the sound produced by playing an old musical instrument made with spoons.