Tommy Trot
Language: English
Tommy Trot, a man of law, Sold his bed and lay on straw, Sold the straw and slept on the grass, To buy his wife a looking glass.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Tommy Trot", Mother Goose [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Tommy Trot", L. 538 no. 6 (1937) [voice and piano], from Six songs on Mother Goose rhymes, no. 6 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 28