The Children’s Marching Song

(Nick, Nack, Paddy Whack)
From “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness”, 1958.
Adapted and arranged by Malcolm Arnold.

The sheet music:

The-Childrens-Marching-Song – SHEET MUSICDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

The_Childrens_Marching_Song – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. This old man, he play’d one
    He play’d nick-nack on my drum
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  2. This old man, he play’d two
    He play’d nick-nack on my shoe
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  3. This old man, he play’d three
    He play’d nick-nack on my tree
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  4. This old man, he play’d four
    He play’d nick-nack on my door
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  5. This old man, he play’d five
    He play’d nick-nack on my hive
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  6. This old man, he play’d six
    He play’d nick-nack on my sticks
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  7. This old man, he play’d seven
    He play’d nick-nack on my Devon
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  8. This old man, he play’d eight
    He play’d nick-nack on my gate
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  9. This old man, he play’d nine
    He play’d nick-nack on my line
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home
  10. This old man, he play’d ten
    He play’d nick-nack on my hen
    With a nick, nack, paddy whack
    Give a dog a bone
    This old man came rolling home