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Baa, baa, black sheep

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  1. The first line of a nursery rhyme:

    Baa, baa, black sheep,

    Have you any wool?

    Yes sir, yes sir,

    Three bags full.


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"Baa baa black sheep," whispered a frail infant next to me, before clenching his fists, closing his eyes, filling his lungs and bellowing "HAVE YOU ANY WOOL?"

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2011

Events in U. S. shipping circles last week recalled the situation in the old nursery rhyme that begins "Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Baa, baa, black sheep, Barber, barber, shave a pig.

From The Real Mother Goose by Wright, Blanche Fisher

Baa, Baa Black Sheep Baa, baa, black sheep,   Have you any wool?

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

"Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?"

From Twilight Stories by Sidney, Margaret

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