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.
3/30/09
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. "
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