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Baa Baa Blacksheep

by thunderbird
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I don't know where my son, 3, picked up the song, "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", but he was singing it everywhere we went today, at the supermarket, at the Vietnamese restaurant, as we walked down the street. It was hilarious. Brought smiles to peoples faces. He also got praised for his singing.
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    I don't know where my son, 3, picked up the song, "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", but he was singing it everywhere we went today, at the supermarket, at the Vietnamese restaurant, as we walked down the street. It was hilarious. Brought smiles to peoples faces. He also got praised for his singing.
    Arrrrrr, no the politically correct version is...


    Baa, baa, Colored sheep,
    Have you any wool?
    Yes sir, yes sir,
    Three bags full.

    One for my Owner of the house, or tenant,
    and One for my dame,
    one for the height challenged boy
    Who lives down the lane.


    Much better!!!!!

    Shane :rolleyes:
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    • Profile picture of the author frankmiller11
      something that i learned in school.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Often nursery rhymes and children's songs have hidden meanings, but I never explored if there was a hidden meaning behind "Baa, Baa Black Sheep"...until a few minutes ago. Based on quick Internet searches, if it has a hidden meaning, it seems to be unknown, though there are different theories, none corroborated with any evidence.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Maschke
    The same thing happened to me that happened to you a few weeks ago.

    I read your thread title while I was drinking coffee, then started to laugh.

    It was the pick-me-up I needed to break out of my grumpy mood
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    Ooooo, now I have that song going through my head!

    Yikes! See what you started.

    :-Don
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      have hidden meanings
      Most of the hidden meanings are assigned by adults with nothing better to do than dissect nursery rhymes:p
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        Most of the hidden meanings are assigned by adults with nothing better to do than dissect nursery rhymes:p
        Most where written by adults
        But I do understand your point. I doubt if a toddler is wasting their time looking for a hidden meaning when they can barely understand there's any meaning at all.
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        • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
          Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

          Most where written by adults
          But I do understand your point. I doubt if a toddler is wasting their time looking for a hidden meaning when they can barely understand there's any meaning at all.
          Yeah, I think I'll let him just sing the song without pontificating to him on far-out theories of it's possible hidden meanings
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    The "master" of a sheep might be a shepherd.
    Of course, this video is odd. The voice, and the woman make it seem indian, but the shepherd and boy don't. And dame COULD mean female master(I don't use the regular term since it ALSO had its meaning changed). I did look this up. a number of people are claiming something. The following is the material parts of the only real attempt to explain it...


    The quote from the nursery rhyme is "Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full".

    The normal polite reply to a command from a superior is "Yes sir".

    Sometimes people will say "Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Three bags full!" if they think a person telling them to do something is acting in a domineering way.

    It is certainly used in this way in Australia, and Peter Carey is an Australian author.
    SO, the meaning of the rhyme would then be.....

    BTW the value in a sheep is often the wool. It could be seen as what the sheep has DONE for you.

    Person who I ask, and consider little of(meaning of black sheep, see below), have you done what I asked?
    "OH SURE! I suppose you are my master? THEN, SURE I have done it once for you, AND your mistress(double entendre INTENDED), and EVEN for the boy that is crying far off in the distance that I have never met!" Of course, the statement is sarcastic. HEY, it DOES really make sense!

    HEY, there is a statement in the Bible about laying all the city's guilt on a goat, and sacrificing it. I think that is where we get the term scape goat from. Maybe one mistook a goat for a sheep. WHO KNOWS? Still, a black sheep is considered inferior or in some way shunned. It has NOTHING to do with color or race.

    Look at programs some time, at least in the US, and you will see even lilly white people speaking about being the black sheep. Heck, I knew a guy once that is from a very rich family. He OPENLY said he was the black sheep in the family, because he is CHRISTIAN! His family shuned him, and he is disowned. Subordinates are EVERYWHERE! Every race, color, and creed.

    Steve
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