by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Language: English
Tom, Tom, the piper's son, He learned to play when he was young, But the only tune that he could play, Was "Over the hills" and "Over the hills" and "Over the hills and far away."
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Tom, Tom, the piper's son", op. 7 no. 5 (c1918-22) [low voice and piano], from the collection Nursery Songs, or Mother Goose Rhymes Set to Music, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-07-28
Line count: 5
Word count: 36