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Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane*.
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
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*A History of Nursery Rhymes (1899) by Percy B. Green has these 2 lines as:
"And one for the little child
That cried in the lane."
*****
Here's the version in the mp3:
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full:
One for my master,
One for my dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives in the lane.
*****
Here's the version and the illustration from The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (Published and Copyrighted in Boston in 1833 by Munroe & Francis ):
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, marry have I, three bags full,
One for my master, and one for my dame,
And one for the little boy that lives in the lane.
*****
Here's the version from The Real Mother Goose (1916):
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 2nd illustration can be found in The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. The 3rd illustration is from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. The 4th illustration comes from An Alphabet of Old Friends (1874) by Walter Crane. The 5th illustration is by H. Willebeck Le Mair from Our Old Nursery Rhymes (1911), arranged by Alfred Moffat.
The tune and sheet music are from The Baby's Opera by Walter Crane.
Recited by Ruth Golding for Librivox.
2nd mp3 recording performed by 17 talented university student musicians who were sisters in the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women at California State University-Stanislaus in 2007. The musical score the recording is based on comes from Our Old Nursery Rhymes (1911) arranged by Alfred Moffat.
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