Tongue Twisters

Bobby Bibby bought a bat Bobby Bibby bought a ball With his bat Bob banged the ball Banged it bump against the wall But so boldy Bobby banged it That he burst his rubber ball Boo! cried Bobby, Bad luck, ball! Bad luck, Bobby, Bad Luck ball. Now to drown his many troubles Bobby Bibby’s blowing bubbles. Black Bart was a smart marksman.

A big black bug bit a big black bear and the big black bear bled blood. This black bug bled blue-black blood while the other black bug bled blue.

Hey Hal, how’s your head?… Happy? Nice. Well Harpers’ has hats for him and her for half-off! But hurry, ’cause Harpers’ hats half-off sale has huge heads humming! Harpers’ hats… for him, for her, for happy heads!

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.

Mr. See owned a saw. And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw. Now See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw Before Soar saw See, Which made Soar sore. Had Soar seen See’s saw Before See sawed Soar’s seesaw, See’s saw would not have sawed Soar’s seesaw. So See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw. But it was sad to see Soar so sore Just because See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw!

Sister Suzy went to sea To see the sea, you see. The sea she saw was a saucy sea, A sort of saucy sea saw she.

The sixth sick shiek’s sixth sheep’s sick.

One hen Two ducks Three squawking geese Four Limerick oysters Five corpulent porpoises Six pairs of Don Alverzo’s tweezers Seven thousand Macedonians in full battle array Eight brass monkeys from the ancient, sacred crypts of Egypt Nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic, old men on roller skates with a marked propensity towards procrastination and sloth Ten lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep who haul stall around the corner of the quo of the quay of the quivery, all at the same time.

I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s son and I’ll keep on plucking feathers, ’til the pheasant plucker comes