“Tom Twist”

Description

"Tom Twist was a wonderful fellow; No boy was so nimble and strong." Shipwrecked among cannibals, he escapes; he rides a condor to China and is made a mandarin; he at last returns home, then somersaults out the window and far away

References

  1. Flanders/Brown, pp. 173-176, "Tom Twist" (1 text, tune referenced)
  2. DT, TOMTWIST*
  3. Roud #5448
  4. BI, FlBr173

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1930 (Flanders and Brown)
Found in: US(NE)