With a knick-knack, paddy whack

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.