At the piping of all hands,
When the judgment-signal's spread—
When the islands and the lands
And the seas give up their dead,
And the South and North shall come;
When the sinner is dismayed,
And the just man is afraid,
Then Heaven be thy aid,
Poor Tom.


Lament for Long Tom, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


At the piping of all hands, When the judgment-signal's spread— When the islands and the lands And the seas give up their dead, And the South and...

At the piping of all hands, When the judgment-signal's spread— When the islands and the lands And the seas give up their dead, And the South and...

At the piping of all hands, When the judgment-signal's spread— When the islands and the lands And the seas give up their dead, And the South and...

At the piping of all hands, When the judgment-signal's spread— When the islands and the lands And the seas give up their dead, And the South and...