Elocution and all that jazz?

Question

i know in elocution lessons they do rhymes like . . .

the rain in spain falls mainly on the plane . . .

and . . .

in hartford, hereford and hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen . . .

but does anybody else know any more rhymes??

Answer 1

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate,

And I'm only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late.

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son,

And I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come.

Answer 2

some tongue twisters are always good.

eg:  starched shirts

lemon liniment

she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore

red lorry, yellow lorry

red leather, yellow leather

etc

try reading aloud from a Charles Dickens novel - any one of them will do.

good luck!

Answer 3

I'm a sheet slitter

If sheets need slitting,

Sheets I slit.

Answer 4

How now brown cow - is an oldie I remember from black and white films!

...btw the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain rather than on an (aero)plane