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George Patrick Fahey
Green Point. NSW
Recorded: 16th April 73

Note: This song is also known in the UK as 'The Old Man Came Over the Lea'

With His Old Grey Noddle

There was an old man came over for tea
Oh, but I'll not have him
He came over for tea and he sat next to me
With his old grey noddle, his old grey noddle
His old grey noddle kept shaking.

My mother she told me to bake him a cake
Oh but I'll not have him
I baked him a cake and he ate like a snake
With his old grey noddle, his old grey noddle
His old grey noddle kept shaking

My mother told me to get him some pie
And when I gave him the pie he started to cry
My mother told me to give him some wine
I gave him some wine and he drank like a swine

My mother she told me to chop him some wood
I chopped him some wood and there he just stood
My mother she told me to put him to bed
I put him to bed and I chopped of his head
And his old grey noddle, his old grey noddle
His old grey noddle stopped shaking!