Tommy Trot (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by H. Cowell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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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.

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Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Henry Dixon Cowell (1897-1965)

Mother Goose Rhymes

Date added to the website: 2009-10-31.

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