Rub-a-dub-dub

DESCRIPTION: "Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub." They are the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker. They may have gone to the fair, or "jumped out of a rotten potato."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1797 (cf. Baring-Gould-MotherGoose)
KEYWORDS: worker
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Opie-Oxford2 460, "Rub-a-dub-dub" (1 text)
Baring-Gould-MotherGoose #133, p. 106, "(Rub-a-dub-dub)"
Roud #12983
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Rub a Dub Dub
File: BGMG133

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