“Old Sheep Went to Sleep”

Description

"Old sheep went to sleep And left the lambs a-feeding, Little mouse jumped over the house And set his nose a-bleeding." Other verses also tell of off moments in animal life: A mare kicks a bear, a goat jumps into a boat, a goose breaks loose

Supplemental text

Old Sheep Went to Sleep
  Partial text(s)

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From Emelyn Elizabeth Gardner and Geraldine Jencks Chickering,
Ballads and Songs of Southern Michigan, p. 464. "Communicated by Mrs.
William Durfee, Ypsilanti."

Old sheep went to sleep
And left the lambs a-feeding;
Little mouse jumped over the house
And set his nose a-bleeding.

Old goose broke loose,
Had a tearing frolic;
Little chick was taken sick
And died of bilious colic.

(Stanzas 1, 4 of 4)

References

1. Gardner/Chickering 191, "Old Sheep Went to Sleep" (1 text)
2. ST GC191 (Partial)
3. Roud #3709
4. BI, GC191