Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
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Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son is a nursery rhyme. As it mentions a songs from the eighteenth century (Over the Hills and Far Away), it is probably from the same period.
- Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
- He learned to play when he was young.
- But all the tune that he could play
- Was "Over the hills and far away."
Alternative version:
- Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
- Stole a pig, and away did run.
- The pig was eat,
- And Tom was beat,
- And Tom went crying (or roaring, or howling, in some versions)
- Down the street.
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