Does anyone know the last line to the nursery rhyme"Rub a dub dub"?

Question

I have heard various answers but remember the terminology is for a four year old. (no complicated words)

Answer 1

The oldest known printed version from the 14th century goes:

Hey! Rub-a-dub-dub! Ho! Rub-a-dub-dub! Three maids in a tub,
And who do you think were there?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,
And all of them gone to the fair!
This is interpreted as describing otherwise respectable tradesmen attending a peep-show.[1][2]

Another version runs:

Rub a dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three!
The use of "be" instead of "are" may be an early modern English variant, an example of the subjunctive mood, or simply poetic license to achieve a rhyme. A knave is a journeyman or apprentice.

An alternative ending line is:

They all sailed out to sea.
A further alternative version exists which seems to be popular more in the United States than in the other English speaking countries. It goes as follows:

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub,
And how do you think they got there?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker,
They all jumped out of a rotten potato!
T'was enough to make a fish stare.
though recently the word fish is sometimes replaced with the word man.

Answer 2

Rub a dub dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three!

Answer 3

According to a Mother Goose books which I own:

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub.
And how do you think they got there?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker,
They all jumped out of a baked potato
'Twas enough to make a man stare.

Answer 4

the version I heard was shortened. I'ts a little silly:

rub a dub dub
three men in a tub
if the tub had been stronger,
my story would have been longer!

Answer 5

three men in a tub. And how do you think they got there? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker. They all jumped out of a rotten potato! Turn 'em out knaves all three.

Answer 6

I can barely remember the first two lines.

Answer 7

a boy in a tub.


im thinking.