Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son the Hills and Far Away", in which the hero is called Tom. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19621. Modern versions of the rhyme include: The 'pig' mentioned in the song is almost certainly not a live animal but rather a kind of pastry, often made with an apple filling, smaller than a pie. Another version of the rhyme is: This rhyme is often conflated with a separate and longer rhyme: Both rhymes were first printed separately in a "Tom
Lloyd Piper that "they don't pay me much and they get what they pay for". In 1953 Piper married Essie Gwendoline 'Gwen' Armstrong and they had one son, John William Piper (b. 1956). Piper died in a car accident on 5 September 1983. Lloyd Piper Lloyd Piper (1923–1983) was an Australian cartoonist and art teacher, best known as the third artist to take on the iconic Australian comic strip, "Ginger Meggs", which he drew from 1973 until his death in 1983. Lloyd William Piper was born on 31 October 1923 in Cassilis, New South Wales to Thomas William Piper and Alice Mabel