Mary Had A little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
His fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
Mary went, Mary went
Everywhere that Mary went
That lamb was sure to go
He followed her to school one day
School one day, school one day
He followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules
It made the children laugh and play
Laugh and play, laugh and play
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school
And so the teacher turned him out
Turned him out, turned him out
And so the teacher turned him out
But still he lingered near
The lamb did wait patiently
Patiently, patiently
The lamb did wait patiently
Til Mary did appear
Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
His fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
Mary went, Mary went
Everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is an English language nursery rhyme of nineteenth-century American origin. The nursery rhyme was first published by the Boston publishing firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon, as an original poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830, and was inspired by an actual inciden