I've heard the same line in the Nick Nack song by Ridgel's Fountain
Citians.
I never thought much about the connection to This Old Man, but it is
defiantly geared toward children. Yazoo even issued the song on one of
their
children compilations - The Story the Crow Told Me (which are great
compilations for adults as well!).
Malcolm
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"Brad Sondahl" <bradgarbage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In one of those droll songs the NLCR recorded, one of them says, after a
> line like, "Our cow didn't give milk, so we had to sell him," anyway he
> says, "I thought this was a knick knack party."
> So I wondered about the origins of knick Knack, particularly related to
> the kids song, This old Man, which I thought I'd do for the preschoolers
> at the library where I've just secured a longtime gig called children's
> librarian at.
> So is knick knack another term for "play party"
> There is also of course the term used as fancy item, or bric-a-brac, I
> think... Leads one to sing, knick knack, bric-a-brac, ...
> Brad Sondahl
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