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Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Nursery Rhyme from Mother Goose

black sheep girl and boy

Baa Baa Black Sheep nursery rhyme

First appearance in print: 1744

Interesting: See if the tune sounds like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to you.

Vocabulary

  • marry, used to be used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis. Think "As a matter of fact..."

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full;


One for my master,
One for my dame,
But none for the little boy
Who cries in the lane.

The Baa Baa Black Sheep nursery rhyme appears in Blanche Fisher Wright's classic The Real Mother Goose collection.

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