Tongue Twisters from The Naked Speaker CD

The following tongue twisters are covered on The Naked Speaker CD. A tongue twister is designed to help you with pace and pronunciation.

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
So twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter to put in her batter.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper
Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

She sells sea shells on the sea shore
The shells she sells are sea shells I'm sure
If she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
Where are the seashore shells she sells?

Swan swam over the sea
Swim, swan, swim
Swan swam back again
Well swum, swan

A thing to do to die today a minute or two to two
A thing distinctly hard to say but harder still to do
For there'll be a tattoo a rat-tat-tat-too
A ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too
And the dragon will come when he hears the drum
A minute or two to two today
A minute or two to two