“Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”, is one of the well-known traditional nursery rhymes. It is a single stanza rhyme, thus making it for kids to memorize easily. The earliest surviving version of the poem dates from 1731 and is sung in a French melody Ah! vous dirai-je, maman. Several theories are associated with the origin of this rhyme. One of the theories advanced to explain the meaning of a song is that it is a resentment at Medical English taxes on wool.
Origin and meaning
Several theories have been explained to the meaning of “Baa Baa Black Sheep” rhyme. But these theories doesn't have any corroborating evidence. Katherine Elwes Thomas believes and has suggested in The Real Personaged of Mother Goose (1930) that it is a complaint against the heavy taxation on wool, which was levied till fifteenth century.
One of the theories includes that it is a slave trade, particularly in the southern United States. Even this theory has no supporting historical evidence.
Original version
“Baa, Baa Black Sheep” was first printed in Tommy Thum's Pretty Song Book with the lyrics as follows :
Bah, Bah, a black Sheep,
Have you any Wool?
Yes merry I Have,
Three Bags full,
One for my Master,
One for my Dame,
One for the Little Boy
That lives down the lane.
Origin and meaning
Several theories have been explained to the meaning of “Baa Baa Black Sheep” rhyme. But these theories doesn't have any corroborating evidence. Katherine Elwes Thomas believes and has suggested in The Real Personaged of Mother Goose (1930) that it is a complaint against the heavy taxation on wool, which was levied till fifteenth century.
One of the theories includes that it is a slave trade, particularly in the southern United States. Even this theory has no supporting historical evidence.
Original version
“Baa, Baa Black Sheep” was first printed in Tommy Thum's Pretty Song Book with the lyrics as follows :
Bah, Bah, a black Sheep,
Have you any Wool?
Yes merry I Have,
Three Bags full,
One for my Master,
One for my Dame,
One for the Little Boy
That lives down the lane.
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