London librarian Chris Roberts fills Debbie Elliott in on the three men in the tub as a series on the real meaning of nursery rhymes continues. Roberts is the author of Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The ...
The nursery rhyme, which was first published in the late 1700s in the second volume of Hook’s Christmas Box under the name “Dub a dub dub,” has, over time, become a common refrain during bath time for ...