Tinking Tom was an honest man (Samuel Akeroyd)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2012-08-27). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: This edition comprises the catch in both abbreviated and fully written-out formats. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
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Title: Tinking Tom was an honest man
Composer: Samuel Akeroyd
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTT
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Lyrics: Anon
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Original text and translations
English text
Tinking Tom was an honest man
Tink a tink tink,
And a man of bonny mettle;
He dext'rously could clink the pan,
Clink a clink clink,
And stop a hole i' th' kettle.
To him did my lady's maid advance
"Come in thou man of mettle,
A sad mischance, a sad mischance,
Here's a hole in my lady's kettle".
Tom went hamm'ring on the place
And wrought like a man of mettle;
But when he had done, 'twas all a case
There's a hole in my lady's kettle.