the earliest surviving version of baa baa black sheep dates from 1731.
the earliest surviving version of baa baa black sheep dates from 1731.
when does the earliest surviving version of baa baa black sheep date from?
1731
"baa, baa, black sheep" is an english nursery rhyme, the earliest surviving version of which dates from 1731. the words have not changed very much in two-and-a-half centuries. it is sung to a variant of the 1761 french melody "ah! vous dirai-je, maman". uncorroborated theories have advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme, such as that it is a complaint against taxes levied on the medieval english wool trade. in the twentieth century it was a subject of controversies in debates about political correctness. it has been used in literature and popular culture as a metaphor and allusion. the roud folk song index classifies the lyrics and their variations as number 4439.
baa, baa, black sheep
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baa baa black sheep may refer to:









































bullet::::- baa, baa, black sheep (nursery rhyme), the origin of the phrase









































bullet::::- baa baa, black sheep (short story), an 1888 short story by rudyard kipling









































bullet::::- "baa, baa, black sheep", an opera by michael berkeley based on kipling's story and "the jungle book"









































bullet::::- "baa baa black sheep", the autobiography of pappy boyington









































bullet::::- "baa baa blacksheep", a song by harry nilsson under his pseudonyme "bo pete"
baa, baa, black sheep (disambiguation)