Rud-a-dub-dub   "Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub, And who do you think they be? The butcher, The baker, The candlestick maker, Turn them out, knaves all three! Rub-a-dub-dub Three men in a tub, And how do you think they got there? They all jumped out of a rotten potato, 'Twas enough to make a man stare."   The use of "be" instead of "are" in this nursery rhyme may be an early modern English variant, or simply poetic license to achieve a rhyme. The origin and history of this nursery rhyme is unknown.   [ Back to the Songs and Rhymes Menu ]   This page was created on: April 15th 2003. Last updated on: October 6th 2005. Backgrounds from My Little Squiggles & Digi-Ink Designs. Information from: Wikipedia. [ Site Index ] [ Home ]

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