Three Blind Mice
Nursery Rhyme from Mother Goose

Three Blind Mice nursery rhyme

First appearance in print: 1609

Interesting: Some would suggest that this is the world's most popular round (a musical form. See sheet music and lyrics below.)

Humor: It's an absurd little poem that illustrators struggle to make visual sense of. Note that in this famous illustration, at least one of the mice still has a tail!

Three blind mice! See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice?

The Three Blind Mice nursery rhyme appears in Blanche Fisher Wright's classic The Real Mother Goose collection.

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