The red rat ran

How much wood would a wood-chuck Chuck,
 if a wood-chuck could Chuck woods?

How many cans could a cannibal nibble,
 if a cannibal could nibble cans?

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit

Black bug’s blood

What a to-do to die today
at a quarter (or two) to two
a thing distinctly hard to say,
but harder still to do

he trusts his fists against the posts
and still insists he sees the ghosts

round and round the rugged rocks
the ragged rascal ran

I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s son.
It’s pleasant plucking pheasants in the early morning sun;
I’ll keep on plucking pheasants ‘till the pheasant plucker comes.

She sells sea shells on the sea shore

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
If peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?

Betty bought some butter, but the butter was too bitter,
So Betty bought some better butter, to make the bitter butter better.