BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP

You are now listening to the piano song of "Baa Baa Black Sheep". I am sure you must be so familar with this song, right?! So, why not stand up now and sing this sould loudly!!! Do It Now! (maybe you can wing your body like this sheep while you are singing ^_^)

BAA, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

In an earlier version, this 200-year-old rhyme was a little less friendly. promising "none for the little boy / Who cries in the lane." As far back as ca. 1000-1100 of the Middle Ages, England had developed an important cloth industry based on sheep's wool. The division of bags mentioned here may well refer to export tazes placed on wool in 1275.

 

Oh My, Oh My~~ I added this rhyme (one of my Top 10 favorite) a long, long time ago on this site. And then, I found that one of the recent stories of 'Earl Cain' is in fact related to this rhyme! I guess it's because this baa baa sheep song is so very famous that Kaori Yuki used it and created the "BLACK SHEEP" story! Click here to read this stroy

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