butter, batter, better, bitter tongue twister~!

Hey everyone, I was teaching the definition of batter today and it reminded me of a famous nursery rhyme called Betty Botter. You can find information about it here. 

Here is the tongue twister:

Betty Botter bought some butter,

"But," she said, "this butter's bitter;

If I put it in my batter,

It will make my batter bitter;

But a bit of better butter,

Better than the bitter butter

Will but make my bitter batter better."

So she bought a bit of better butter,

Better than the bitter butter,

and made her bitter batter better.

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.

The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter

And made her batter bitter.

But a bit of better butter

Makes better batter.

So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter,

Making Betty Botter's bitter batter better.

 

 

Here is a video from youtube, unfortunately I couldn't find a version I liked in North American English.

 

 

Have a nice weekend,

Phil