Tom the Piper’s Son (1795):
“Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son”

Tom the Piper's Son

Title: “Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son”

Medium: nursery rhyme

Publication date: 1795

Publisher: unknown

Roud Folk Song Index Number: 19621

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Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (Tom)
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[stole a pig]

American Mutoscope & Biograph; Terrytoons

Tom the Piper's Son was a chap book published in London in around 1795. This book included two versions of the nursery rhyme "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" - a long version and a short version. The longer version, which features many additional verses, was quite possibly original with this publication. The shorter version of the nursery rhyme certainly originated much earlier.

Thomas D'Urfey's play The Campaigners (1698) may make reference to the nursery rhyme. The nursery rhyme was apparently adapted as a recruiting song used to gain volunteers for the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns about 1705.

Tom the Piper’s Son (1795): “Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son”

Tom the Piper’s Son (1795):
“Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son”