Visual impairment men in the dark) touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one feels a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then compare notes and learn that they are in complete disagreement. "Three Blind Mice" is a medieval English nursery rhyme about three blind mice whose tails are cut off after chasing the farmer's wife. The work is explicitly incongruous, ending with the comment "Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?" Poet John Milton, who went blind in mid-life, composed On His Blindness,
Three Blind Mice Blind Mice" is to be found in the fugue which is the centerpiece of #7. Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958) composed his Symphonic Variations, opus 37, based on "Three Blind Mice". Also, Joseph Haydn used its theme in the Finale (4th Mvt) of his Symphony 83 ("La Poule") (1785–86); one of the 6 "Paris Symphonies", and the music also appears in the final movement of English composer Eric Coates' suite "The Three Men". "Three Blind Mice" was also used as a theme song for The Three Stooges and a Curtis Fuller arrangement of the rhyme is featured on the Art Blakey live