Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son 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 the Piper's Son", a chapbook produced around 1795 in London, England. The
One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) for devil's own sell." The opening two-part episode of the 2015 season of "Lewis" was titled "One for Sorrow", and involved a stuffed magpie. Two versions of the rhyme play an important part in Terry Pratchett's novel "Carpe Jugulum" (1998), where magpies are considered the eyes of the cunning vampire Count Magpyr. The lyrics to this poem can be found in the artwork, A Flock of Words in Morecambe, amongst other poems about birds. Lyrics from the rhyme are mentioned in Corinne Bailey Rae's song "Choux Pastry Heart", from her self-titled debut album, released in 2006. The anthology "Charmed Destinies"