Lyrics
(J.W. Elliott, 1842)
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
See also
- Subject: silly
- Type: nursery rhyme
- Harmony: chords I, II, IV, V
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: major
- Source: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
