Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep is an English nursery rhyme, sung to a variant of the 1761 French melody Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman. The original form of the tune is used for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet song
Origin: England, 1744
“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.”
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