American | Australian | Beatles | Canadian | Ceilidh | Childrens' | Chinese | Dutch | English | French | German | Gospel | Irish | NZ | Norwegian | Other | Platt | Pub | Sacred Harp | Scots | Sea Songs | Tyneside | Welsh | Yorkshire |
 
This old man
Last updated: 11.10.23
I have known this song from childhood, it was sung round the fire in the Grainger singsongs back in the 1940's as well as at school St. Stephen's, Worcester. After all those years I have started singing it again (2000) with "The Vegesack Whalermen" would you believe it! It is at complete odds with the groups main repertoire of whaling songs but it sung with great gusto and considerable enjoyment, perhaps because of the double entendres (what can an old man be up to when playing his sticks on somebody's hive for example?)
The version we sing can be found in Andrew Gant's Folk Songs of the British Isles.
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Various Artists Rainbow Sign CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Childrens Favourites, Various Artists CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Tonka: Playtime Tunes flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif
cd15.gif Peggy Seeger American Folksongs For Children CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Andrew Stewart Hushabye Trilogy flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
     Title Performer Composer
       
youtube15.jpg This old man (2:03) My Little World of Song