<P> This rhyme was first printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, the oldest surviving collection of English language nursery rhymes, published c. 1744 with the lyrics very similar to those still used today: </P> <P> Bah, Bah, a black Sheep, Have you any Wool? Yes merry I Have, Three Bags full, Two for my Master, One for my Dame, None for the Little Boy That cries in the lane . </P> <P> In the next surviving printing, in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765), the rhyme remained the same, except the last lines, which were given as, "But none for the little boy who cries in the lane". </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Baa, Baa, Blacksheep Tune for Baa, Baa, Blacksheep </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Bla bla black sheep have you any wool