Childrens Rhymes C/d 7 Nov

[granny grump]

Just cannot get this last title - no number of letters given - I can't get the song from Sharpe out of mind

2. Over the hills and far away

[cashier]

Tom Tom the piper's son

[granny grump]

Thank you cashier - I just could not get the title - I am ashamed

[QuantumAll]

Old Macdonald had a farm..

[Georgiesmum]

No. Ive just googled it. The answer is"Five little ducks"
It starts
Five little ducks went out one day over the hills and far away.........
Hope this helps!

[Jackdaw33]

There is more than one rhyme with this phrase but Tom, Tom, is the most widely known.

[Sir Alec]

(Sorry to butt in, but it also appears in 'Hit me with your rhythm stick' - Ian Dury and the Blockheads)!

[Jackdaw33]

Tom, he was a piper's son,
He learnt to play when he was young,
And all the tune that he could play
Was 'over the hills and far away';
Over the hills and a great way off,
The wind shall blow my top-knot off

[Quizproquo]

That's not the Tom, Tom the Piper's son I know.

Tom, Tom the piper's son
Stole a pig and away did run
The pig was eat
and Tom was beat
and Tom went howling down the street

That's the one I know.
I also think it's Five Little Ducks.

[Davemano]

There was a man who had no sense
He bought a fiddle for eighteen pence
But the only tune that he could play
Was over the hills and far away.

[Jackdaw33]

There are various versions of Tom, Tom, the piper's son. Quite often they are conflated so you find elements of each in the same rhyme.

[granny grump]

Thank you for your help - bit torn - I think I 'll go with Tom Tom because I know that one