This old man, he was a played
He little thing played on my thumb;
trifle Paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came, rolling home.
This old man, he played two,
He played little something on my shoe
[...]
This old man, he played three,
He played little thing on my Knee;
[...]
This old man, he played four,
He played little thing on my door;
[...]
This old man, he played five,
He played little thing on my hive;
[...]
This old man, he played six, He played
little something on my sticks;
[...]
This old man, he played seven, He played
trifle high in the sky;
[...]
This old man, he played eight,
He played little thing on my gate;
[...]
This old man, he played nine,
He played little something on my spine;
trifle Paddywhack,
[...]
This old man, he played ten, He played again
trifle;
trifle Paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came to return home rolling.
Actually it is a harmless English song and finger play that on a CD of our Nannies came to us and our two and a half year old son like it really well. But even his own translation into German makes it funny and what the online software "Promt" of it does not make it better. We translate "This old man" by now with "Fieser old man" ...
