C F
There was an old man who lived in a wood
C G
As you can plainly see
C F
He said he could do as much work in a day
C G C
As his wife could do in three
C
With all my heart the woman she said
C G
If that?s what you will allow
C F
Tomorrow you?ll stay at home in my stead
C G C
And I'll go drive the plow
C F
But you must milk our Tidy the cow
C G
For fear she will go dry
C F
You must feed the littlest pigs
C G C
That are within the sty
C
And you must mind the speckled hen
C G
For fear she?ll lay away
C F
And then you must reel the spool of yarn
C G C
That I spun yesterday
C F
The woman she took up her staff in her hand
Am G
And she went to drive the plow
C F
The old man took up a pail in his hand
C G C
And he went to milk the cow
Em F
But Tidy hinched and Tidy flinched
C G
And Tidy broke his nose
C F
And Tidy she gave to him such a big blow
C G Am
That the blood ran to his toes.
