Three blind mice,
Three blind mice,
See how they run!
See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
She cut off their tails with a butcher's* knife;
Did you ever see such a horrible sight?**
As three blind mice.
Notes
*Or "carving knife".
**Or "Did ever you hear such a thing in your life?"
Photos & Illustrations
Comments
This is usually the first song students learn to play on new musical instruments in the United States.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The first illustration comes from The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. The second illustration comes from The Baby's Opera by Walter Crane (circa 1877), with a little graphical editing by Lisa Yannucci (Mama Lisa). The third illustration comes from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, with a little graphical editing by Lisa Yannucci. The 4th illustration is by H. Willebeck Le Mair from Our Old Nursery Rhymes (1911), arranged by Alfred Moffat.
Thanks to Monique Palomares for the midi music and score.
1st MP3: Jason
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.
