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TONGUE TRIPPER: BETTY BOTTER (1) by MOTHER GOOSE

First Line: BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BUTTER
Last Line: BOUGHT A BIT OF BETTER BUTTER.
Subject(s): TONGUE TWISTERS;

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 better,
That would make my batter better.
So she bought a bit of butter
Better than her bitter bitter,
And she put it in her batter
And the batter was not bitter.
So t' was better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.



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