Little Tommy Tucker

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"Little Tommy Tucker" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19618. The earliest version of this rhyme appeared in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), which recorded only the first four lines. The full version was included in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765). — Excerpted from Little Tommy Tucker on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Three versions containing minor variations in lyrics are given below:



Little Tommy Tucker
Sings for his supper
What shall we give him?
Brown bread and butter.

How shall he cut it,
Without a knife?
How shall he marry,
Without a wife? [1]

Little Tommy Tucker
Sings for his supper
What shall we give him?
White bread and butter.

How shall he cut it
Without e'er a knife?
How will he be married
Without e'er a wife?[2]

Little Tommy Tucker,
Sing for your supper.
What shall he sing for?
White bread and butter.

How can he cut it
Without any knife?
How can he marry
Without any wife?[3]

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