Thirty Days Hath September/Tinker Tailor (Medley) - The Nursery Rhyme Collections

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Thirty Days Hath September/Tinker Tailor (Audio Sample and Lyrics)

Can you tell me what the month is?
30 days hath September,
April, June and November,
All the rest have 31,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but 28 days clear
And 29 in each leap year

Tinker, tailor,
soldier, sailor,
Rich man, poor man,
Beggar man and a thief,
What about a cowboy,
Policeman, jailer,
engine driver?
Pirate chief or a ploughman
Or a keeper at the zoo?
What about a circus man
Who lets the people through?
Or the man who takes the pennies
On the roundabouts and swings?
Or the man who plays the organ
With the other man who sings?
And what about the rabbit man
With rabbits in his pockets?
Oh it's such a lot of things,
Things to be

Solo

Oh it's such a lot of things,
Things to be

30 days hath September,
April, June and November,
All the rest have 31,
(Aha!)
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but 28 days clear
And 29 in each leap year

Solo

(Time for bed)

Words: Traditional
Music: Ian J Watts
Orchestral Arrangement: Rick Benbow

Origin and background

Thirty Days Hath September and Tinker, Tailor are two more traditional rhymes which are not connected to popular melodies. Ian Watts put together both rhymes and wrote a new tune for the new song. We used the amazing talents of our keyboardist and arranger Rick Benbow to make it sound a bit like ... can you guess it? A little hint: Rick is currently touring all over the world with the world renown Pink Floyd Tribute Show Brit Floyd.