<P> My name is Jack Jintle, the eldest but one, And I can play nick - nack upon my own thumb . With my nick - nack and click - clack and sing a fine song, And all the fine ladies come dancing along . My name is Jack Jintle, the eldest but two, And I can play nick - nack upon my own shoe . With my nick - nack and click - clack and sing a fine song, And all the fine ladies come dancing along . My name is Jack Jintle, the eldest but three, And I can play nick - nack upon my own knee . With my nick - nack and click - clack and sing a fine song, And all the fine ladies come dancing along . </P> <P> A more familiar version goes like this: </P> <P> This old man, he played one, He played knick - knack on his drum; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played two, He played knick - knack on his shoe; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played three, He played knick - knack on his knee; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played four, He played knick - knack on his door; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played five, He played knick - knack on his hive; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played six, He played knick - knack on his sticks; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played seven, He played knick - knack up in heaven; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played eight, He played knick - knack on his gate; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played nine, He played knick - knack on his spine; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . This old man, he played ten, He played knick - knack once again; With a knick - knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came (goes) rolling home . </P> <P> Nicholas Monsarrat, (born in 1910), in his autobiography' Life is a Four Letter Word,' refers to the song as being' a Liverpool song' adding that it was' local and original' during his childhood in Liverpool . A similar version was included in Cecil Sharp and Sabine Baring - Gould's English Folk - Songs for Schools, published in 1906 . It was collected several times in England in the early 20th century with a variety of lyrics . In 1948 it was included by Pete Seeger and Ruth Crawford in their American Folk Songs for Children and recorded by Seeger in 1953 . It received a boost in popularity when it was adapted for the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) by composer Malcolm Arnold as "The Children's Marching Song", which led to hit singles for Cyril Stapleton and Mitch Miller . </P>

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