There Was an Old Man and His Name Was Dan

DESCRIPTION: "There was an old man And his name was Dan. He lived in he bottom Of an old tin can. He had a pair of slippers And he cut them into kippers, And they all lived together In the old tin can."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: home | slippers kippers tin can fish
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 73, "(There was an old man)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #38151
File: BAAI073

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