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Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
That was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near;
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear.
Why does the lamb love Mary so?
The eager children cry;
Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,
The teacher did reply.
Source with more info: http://eclipse.rutgers.edu/goose/rhymes/lamb/vv.aspx
Opie, Iona and Peter Opie,
Comps. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford, England:
Clarendon Press, 1951, pp. 299-300. No. 340
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