Rub-a-dub-dub
They were a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker.
The phrase "the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker" is from the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub" but it doesn't specify where they lived. It is often used to represent various tradespeople in a community without a specific location.
The nursery rhyme you are referring to is "Rub-a-dub-dub." It begins with the line, "Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, And who do you think they be?" The three men mentioned are the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker.
WE don"t know there names, but the occupations were, a Butcher, a Baker and a Candlestick Maker. By the way the last name Chandler, as in Ship Chandler originally neant a merchant in candles. so possiblyMessrs, Meatman, Baker, and Chandler. Butcher is such an unhpopular job title it is not commonly used as a surname in English, unlike Baker, Carpenter,Taylor, etc.
The Candlestick maker
Butcher baker candlestick maker
There were 3 men in the tub - a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker.
There is always a butcher, a baker and sometimes even a Candlestick maker.
WordGirl - 2007 The Handsome Panther The Butcher the Baker and the Candlestick Maker 1-22 was released on: USA: 13 October 2008
he butcher, the baker & the candle stick maker
This rhyme exists in many variations. Among those current today is: Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub, And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, And all of them out to sea
The phrase "3 men in a tub" is from the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub." It's about three men in a tub who go out to sea and encounter various mishaps. The origins and meaning of the rhyme are unclear, but it's a popular children's song.