With a knick-knack, paddy whack
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zhWOcLM1ss
The term "Paddywack" was used from at least the early nineteenth century to describe an angry person, specifically a "Brawny Irishman" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Old_Man This old man, he played one; He played knick-knack on my thumb. (or 'on a drum' or '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. (or 'on my tree') etc. This old man, he played four; He played knick-knack on my door. (or 'on the floor') etc. This old man, he played five; He played knick-knack on my hive. (or 'on my knife', 'making a dive', 'on my thigh', or '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. (or 'on my oven' or 'down in Devon') etc. This old man, he played eight; He played knick-knack on my gate. (or 'on my plate' or 'on my pate') etc. This old man, he played nine; He played knick-knack on my spine. (or 'in a line') etc. This old man, he played ten; He played knick-knack once again. (or 'on my pen', 'on my shin', or 'on my hen', or 'now and then') etc. This old man, he played eleven; He played knick-knack on the way to heaven. (or '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. 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. (or 'on my pen', 'on my shin', or 'on my hen') etc. |
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