Little Tommy Tucker
: MOTHER GOOSE SONGS AND STORIES: Boys And Girls Bookshelf
"Little Tommy Tucker,
Sing for your supper."
"What shall I sing?"
"White bread and butter."
"How shall I cut it
Without any knife?
How shall I marry
Without any wife?"
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