TOM Tell-Truth.
All you that will not me believe,
disprove me if you can;
You by my Story may perceive,
I am an Honest Man.
To the Tune of, Tanta ra ra ra, Tantivee.
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I Killed a Man and he was dead,
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fa la la la la la,
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I killed a Man and he was dead,
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fa la, etc.
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I killed a Man and he was dead,
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And run to St. Albans without a head
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with a fa la, fa la la la, fa la la la la la la.
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I asked him why he run so wild,
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fa la, etc.
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I asked him why he run so wild,
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fa la, etc.
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I asked him why he run so wild.
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He told me he got a Maid with-Child,
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with a fa la, etc.
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And in his head there was a Spring,
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fa la, etc.
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And in his head there was a Spring,
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fa la, etc.
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And in his head there was a Spring,
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A thousand great Salmons about there did swim,
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with a fa la, etc.
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I Sadled a Whore and rid to White-Hall,
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fa la, etc.
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I Sadled a Whore and rid to White-Hall,
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fa la, etc.
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I Sadled a Whore and rid to White-hall,
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And under the Gate-house she gave me a fall,
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with a fa, etc.
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I lay in a Swound three and twenty long year,
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fa la, etc.
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I lay in a Swound three and twenty long year,
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fa la, etc.
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I lay in a Swound three and twenty long year,
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And when I awak'd I was filled with fear,
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with a fa la, etc.
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The thing that did fright me I cannot express,
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fa la, etc.
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The thing that did fright me I cannot express,
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fa la, etc.
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The thing that did fright me I cannot express,
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I saw a Man big as the Tower, no less,
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with a fa la, etc.
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This Man with the Monument would run away,
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fa la, etc.
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This Man with the Monument would run away,
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fa la, etc.
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This Man with the Monument would run away,
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But at Algate Watch they did him stay,
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with a fa la, etc.
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I got up agen and rid to Hide-Park,
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fa la, etc.
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I got up agen and rid to Hide-Park,
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fa la, etc.
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I got up agen and rid to Hide-Park,
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And made the Old Whore to sneeze and to fart,
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with a fa la, etc.
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A top of Pauls Steeple there did I see,
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fa la, etc.
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A top of Pauls Steeple there did I see,
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fa la, etc.
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A top of Pauls Steeple there did I see
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A delicate dainty fine Apple-Tree,
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with a fa la, etc.
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The Apples were ripe and ready to fall,
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fa la, etc.
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The Apples were ripe and ready to fall,
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fa la, etc.
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The Apples were ripe and ready to fall,
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And kill'd seven hundred Men on a Stall,
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with a fa la, etc.
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The blood did run both too and fro,
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fa la, etc.
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The blood did run both too and fro,
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fa la, etc.
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The blood did run both too and fro,
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Which caused seven Water-Mills all for to go,
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with a fa la, etc.
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I see Pauls Steeple run upon Wheels,
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fa la, etc.
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I see Pauls Steeple run upon Wheels,
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fa la, etc.
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I see Pauls Steeple run upon Wheels,
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And in the middle of all Moor-fields,
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with a fa la la la la la, fa la la la la la la.
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