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http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Baa+Baa+Black+Sheep&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#


Lyrics:

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/blacksh.htm

Is this nursery rhyme related to King Edward I?
It is said that a political satire said to refer to the "Plantagent" King Edward I , who is known as "the master", and the export tax imposed in Britian in 1275. The English Customs Statue authorised the king to collect taxes on all exports on wool in every port of the country. So, is this nursery rhyme related to King Edward? The answer is... YES!

The meaning behind Baa Baa Blacksheep.....

Baa Baa Black Sheep was written to go against taxes. In the middle ages, there would be an hard working peasant was required to give 1/3 of his income to the king ( which was "my master"). And then another third to a fat nobility ( which was " my dame"). And the final third was for himself ( which was " the little boy"). The term "black sheep" of the family derives form this too.

When was it wrote?

Baa Baa Blacksheep was created as a poem in 1744. The music was made first early nineteenth century making it into as a song. Baa Baa Blacksheep was sung to a variant of the french melody "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman. "