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Dictionary definition: Baa Baa Black Sheep
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- A Dictionary of English Folklore
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Copyright© A Dictionary of English Folklore 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information)
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Baa Baa Black Sheep.
One of the most widely known of our
nursery rhymes
whose somewhat oblique words and simple tune have been used as a
lullaby
and early-learning song for centuries. The first known publication was in
Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book
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Article: A Baa Baa Black Sheep in Urdu has got ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);
May 30, 2004 ;
700+ words
... ... case now: 'May I remind the defendant of the time when he ran shirtless down Cheltenham High Street reciting Baa Baa Black Sheep in Urdu at one o'clock in the morning.' But that juvenility does not compare with the social consequences of vertical ...
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