Sunday, February 17, 2013

Magpie Tales: This Old House

Wind of History by Jacek Yerka
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This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
(origins of the song are unknown, from Wikipedia)


This Old House


This old house, it felt old
Dark and lonely and too cold,
Like a wind tossed ship on a dreary sea
It is no home or refuge for me.


- Gerry@Strummed Words



20 comments:

Emma Major said...

brilliant, I love that I could sing this

Mama Zen said...

How clever!

L said...

Ha, ha!

Yvonne Osborne said...

I like what you did with this! Who doesn't remember that old rhyme? It seems water is a prevailing theme with this prompt which I find interesting as there is no water in the painting.

Laurie Kolp said...

I love it!!

Gail said...

Short, sweet, sad

Jinksy said...

I reckon it could be arranged as a round to sing! :-)

Kathe W. said...

good one- except NOW I have that tune rattling around in my head!

Catfish Tales said...

...so this old guitarist came strumming home :-)

Tess Kincaid said...

I sang along!

Bo said...

This is brilliant! I loved it.

Tumblewords: said...

Excellent - I could hum it!

SueAnn Lommler said...

"no home or refuge" nicely said.'
Hugs
SueAnn

Helen said...

.. this old man he played two ~~
nice!!

Margaret said...

fun ... but I hope the tune doesn't haunt me all day :)

Sue said...

Of course, I sang it...

=)

Susie Clevenger said...

Love it...and yes I sang it.

Dave King said...

Stunning.

Robyn Greenhouse said...

I guess I never really knew what a paddywhack was! Fun visit.

Karen S. said...

Bravo! I really enjoyed this- and never would have guessed how well it all went together!