This Old Man (Nursery Rhyme)

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  "summary": "\"This Old Man\" is a beloved children's nursery rhyme poem you can read free online, counting from one to ten through a cheerful string of rhyming verses. With each number, a lively old man plays his knick-knack on something new — a thumb, a shoe, a knee, a gate — before rolling home again. The bouncy, repetitive rhythm makes every verse easy to chant along with, and the playful sounds of \"knick-knack paddywhack\" keep the energy infectious from the very first line to the last.",
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    "This old man, he played one, He played knick-knack on my thumb. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played two, He played knick-knack on my shoe. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played three, He played knick-knack on my knee. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played four, He played knick-knack on my door. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played five, He played knick-knack on my hive. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played six, He played knick-knack on my sticks. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played seven, He played knick-knack up to heaven. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played eight, He played knick-knack on my gate. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played nine, He played knick-knack on my spine. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "This old man, he played ten, He played knick-knack once again. With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give a dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.",
    "Ririro is the in-house editorial name behind a collection of classic nursery rhymes and children's stories republished on Ririro.com for free online reading. \"This Old Man\" is one of the most enduring English counting rhymes, with roots tracing back to at least the late 19th century and popularised further through countless recordings and children's television programmes worldwide."
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