In Christy'S Songster, c. 1850, on line, just noticed
Behine de hen hous on my knee
Tinks I hear the chicken sneeze,
Turkey plaughin hard on de punkin vine,
Goose dhaw baccer and duck drink wine.

Cho: Den cum along John, oh, cum along John,
Den cum all along John, de piper's son,
Ain't you mity glad your works most done.

Piper's son? In the English rhymes, Tom was the piper's son.

The Songster is here: Christy

The Christy Minstrels were important, but in the 1840s, the "Ethiopian Serenaders" were deemed by many as the most influential performance troupe in the world. In demand everywhere, they were engaged in London for six months in 1846 at the St. James, in 1844 performed in the White House, and in 1849, one year after gold was discovered in California, they appeared in San Francisco. Charles Dickens commented on their influence on English fashions in his "The Uncommercial Traveller."
A few examples of their repertoire are found in sheet music at American Memory and elsewhere, but one of their songsters is yet to appear on line.