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The children song "This Old Man"
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2008/10/15 - 3:09pm
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Heard this children song a lot of time
"This old man, he played one
He played knick-knack on my thumb
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give your dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
...
"
but don't really get the meaning of the lyric, what is knick-knack & paddywhack?

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