Tom he was a piper's son

He learned to play when he was young

But 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

Tom with his pipe made such a noise

That he pleased both the girls and boys

And they all stopped to hear him play

Over the hills and far away

Over the hills and a great way off

The wind shall blow my top knot off

As Dolly was milking her cow one day

Tom took his pipe and began to play

So Doll and the cow danced 'The Cheshire Round'

Till the pail was broke and the milk ran down

Over the hills and a great way off

The wind shall blow my top knot off

He met a dame trot with a basket of eggs

He used his pipe and she used her legs

She danced about till the eggs were all broke

She began for to fret but he laughed at the joke

Over the hills and a great way off

The wind shall blow my top knot off

He saw a cross fellow beating an a*s

Laden with pots pans dishes and glass

He took out his pipe and he played them a tune

And the burden on donkey now was lightened full soon

Over the hills and a great way off

The wind shall blow my top knot off

Over the hills and a great way off

The wind shall blow my top knot off