Dublin Street Rhymes

Condatis

I've been trying to remember the rest of this rhyme! Is anybody here old enough to know it?

Johnston, Mooney and O`Brien
Bought a horse for 1 and 9
When the horse began to kick
Johnston Mooney bought a stick
When the stick began to break
Johnston Mooney baked a cake

There's more, I think that in the last line the horse drops dead.

vektarman

Johnston Mooney & O' Brien bought a horse for one an' nine,

When the horse began to kick, Johnston Mooney bought a stick,

When the stick began to break, Johnston Mooney bought a rake,

When the rake began to rust, Johnston Mooney bought a bus,

When the bus began to stop, Johnston Mooney bought a shop

Looks like there might have been a couple of different versions, probably depending on where you lived, we couldn't afford cakes in Cabra and had to make do with rusty rakes

Sunnyisland

Anybody remember this one


This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb.
With a knick-knack, paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe.
etc etc

This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee
etc etc keep going till ten :-)