Rub-a-dub-dub (Nursery Rhyme)

Summary


Rub-a-Dub-Dub is a short nursery rhyme that sends three unlikely companions — a butcher, a baker, and a candlestick maker — bobbing out to sea together in a tub. With its bouncy rhythm and absurd charm, the rhyme invites children to wonder just what these three tradesmen are doing on the waves and where their curious little vessel might be headed.


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Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,
And all of them out to sea.


Credits

Ririro is the in-house pen name for nursery rhymes and short verse published on Ririro.com, bringing beloved traditional rhymes together in one free, easy-to-read collection. Rub-a-Dub-Dub is one of the oldest English nursery rhymes, with roots traceable as far back as 1798.