Marje & Malcolm:

Your memories of learning this in school set me off on a hunt through my bookshelves.

THIS OLD MAN

This old man, he played one
He played nick nack on my drum,
Nick nack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home

Two:Shoe, Three:Tree, Four:Door, Five:Hive, Six:Sticks, Seven:(on my) Devon, Eight:Gate, Nine:Line, Ten:Hen.

This appeared in print in "Time And Tune" the BBC Broadcasts to schools, Autumn term 1963.
Acknowledgements on the back cover give: " 'This Old Man':Penguin Song Book published by Penguin Books Ltd."

Jack Jintle, as quoted by Malcolm on the 23/Oct also appears in the booklet for the broadcasts "Spring Term 1961", with the variation that it reads "And all you fine ladies"
Again, ten verses are given, thumb, shoe, knee, door, hive, sticks, deben(?), gate, line & hen.

In both cases the pages are illustrated (but fudge verse 7) and accompanied by a simple staff notation of the melody (This Old Man in F; Jack Jintle in D)

If someone wishes to check these against the ABCs already quoted, then PM me & I'll e-mail the pages across


Nigel