1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
2. Never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you
It only doubles trouble
And troubles others too.
3. Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not.
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot.
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.
4. Betty Botta bought some butter,
“But”, she said, “this butter's bitter,
But a bit of better butter
Will make my batter better”.
So she bought a bit of butter
Better than the bitter butter,
And it made her batter better.
So it was better Betty Botta
Bought a bit of better butter.
5. She sells shells on the sea shore,
The shells she sells are the sea-shells, I’m sure;
For if she sells sea-shells on the sea shore,
Then I’m sure she sells sea shore shells.
6. Bill had a billboard and also a board bill.
But the board bill bored Bill so
That he sold his billboard to pay the board bill.
7. Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim;
Swan swam back again,
Well swum, swan.
8. Moses supposes his toeses are roses.
But Moses supposes erroneously;
For nobody’s toeses are posies of roses.
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.
9. The singers sang a song: ting-a-long, ting-a-long.
The song the singers sang was long,
Ting-a-long, ting-a-long, ting-a-ting-a-long.
10. Abe and Babe will grab a grub from Greg.
Will Abe and Babe grab a grub from Greg?
If Abe and Babe grab a grub from Greg,
Where’s the grub from Greg Abe and Babe will grab?
11. A bachelor botched a batch of badly baked biscuits.
Did the bachelor botch a batch of badly baked biscuits?
If the bachelor botched a batch of badly baked biscuits,
Where are the badly baked biscuits the bachelor botched?
12. Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy hares.
Does Harry Hunt hunt heavy hairy hares?
If Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy hares,
Where are the heavy hairy hares Harry Hunt hunts?
13. If she stops at the shop where I stop,
And if she shops at the shop where I shop,
Then I shan’t stop to shop at the shop
Where she stops to shop.
14. He says that a two twice-twisted twine twisted twice
Twists twice as tight as a one once-twisted twine twisted twice.
But I say that a two twice-twisted twine twisted twice
Does not twist as tight as a one once-twisted twine twisted twice.
15. Ted Blake’s back brake-block broke a bearing.
Did Ted Blake’s back brake-block break a bearing?
If Ted Blake’s back brake-block broke a bearing,
Where’s the bearing Ted Blake’s back brake-block broke?
16. Who bit the bold bald bear on the shoulder on the boulder
And made the bold bald bear on the boulder bawl?
A big bug bit a bold bald bear on the shoulder on the boulder
And the bold bald bear bled blood badly.
17. Fancy Nancy didn't fancy doing fancy work,
But Fancy Nancy's fancy auntie
Did fancy Fancy Nancy doing fancy work.
So Fancy Nancy did fancy work for Fancy Nancy's fancy auntie.
18. Of all the felt I ever felt
I never felt a piece of felt
Which felt as fine as that felt felt
When I first felt that felt.
19. I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought
I thought wasn't the thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought I thought,
I wouldn't have thought so much.
20. Cheerful Charlie chose a cheesy chowder.
Did cheerful Charlie choose a cheesy chowder?
If cheerful Charlie chose a cheesy chowder,
How cheerful was Charlie after he chose a cheesy chowder?