“Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Description
"Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow." Surely you know the rest....
Notes
Reported to be based on a true story. Which seems likely enough; who would make up something so trite?
The Baring-Goulds report a variant by "modern teenager[s]": The response to "Mary had a little lamb" is "And was the doctor ever surprised!" - RBW
Same tune
- Mary's Little Lot (Greenway-AFP, pp. 51-52)
- Mary Had a William Goat (File: San336)
Cross references
- cf. "Mary Had a William Goat" (tune & meter)
- cf. "Goodnight Ladies" (partial tune)
References
- Randolph 360, "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (1 text, 1 tune, with some unusual words in the first verse)
- Opie-Oxford2 341, "Mary had a little lamb" (1 text)
- Baring-Gould-MotherGoose #174, p. 127-128, "(Mary had a little lamb)"
- Fuld-WFM, pp. 354-355, "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- cf. Greenway-AFP, pp. 51-52, "Mary's Little Lot" (1 text)
- DT, (MARYLAM2* -- if you're broad-minded about what constitutes a version)
- Roud #7622
- BI, R360