The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BUTTER,
BUT, SHE SAID THE BUTTER'S BITTER;
IF I PUT IT IN MY BATTER
IT WILL MAKE MY BATTER BITTER;
BUT A BIT OF BETTER BUTTER
WILL MAKE MY BATTER BETTER.
SO SHE BOUGHT A BIT OF BUTTER
BETTER THAN HER BITTER BUTTER,
AND SHE PUT IT IN HER BATTER
AND THE BATTER WAS NOT BITTER.
SO 'TWAS BETTER BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT A BIT OF BETTER
BUTTER.

Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Date learned: 00-00-1972