This Old Man: notes for 10 instruments
“This old man, he played one…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · C majorC4–A4 Easy
- KalimbaTabs · G majorG4–E5 Easy
- RecorderLetters · F majorF4–D5 Easy
- FluteLetters · C majorC5–A5 Easy
- ViolinLetters · C majorC5–A5 Easy
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)C4–A4 Easy
- TrumpetValves · C major (written)C4–A4 Easy
- Alto SaxLetters · D major (written)D4–B4 Medium
- Bells & XylophoneLetters · C majorC4–A4 Easy
- HarmonicaTabs · C majorC5–A5 Easy
Words (first verse)
This old man, he played one, He played nicknack on my drum.
Nicknack, paddywhack, give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home.
About this song
- Melody
- Traditional English folk song, 1923
- Words
- Traditional, 1923 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1923, words 1923: first published before 1931.
- Source
- A Kindergarten Book of Folk-Songs (E. C. Schirmer, 1923), No. 53, pp. 46–47, “This old man” (1923)