On the Road to Tattletown — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

On the road to Tattletown
What is this I see?
A pig upon a pedestal,
A cabbage up a tree,
A rabbit cutting capers
With a twenty dollar bill?
Now if I don't get to Tattletown
Then no one ever will.

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What are the words to On the Road to Tattletown?
The lyrics to On the Road to Tattletown are: On the road to Tattletown / What is this I see? / A pig upon a pedestal, / A cabbage up a tree, / A rabbit cutting capers / With a twenty dollar bill? ... Read the full 8-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does On the Road to Tattletown have?
"On the Road to Tattletown" has 8 lines of verse.

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