Little Boy Blue facts for kids
This page is about the nursery rhyme. For other uses, see Little Boy Blue (disambiguation).
Quick facts for kids "Little Boy Blue." |
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1901 illustration by William Wallace Denslow
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| Nursery rhyme | |
| Published | c. 1744 |
| Songwriter(s) | Unknown. |
| Composer(s) | ... |
| Lyricist(s) | ... |
"Little Boy Blue" is a popular English-language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318.
Lyrics
A common version of the rhyme is:
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is that boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
Will you wake him? Oh no, not I,
For if I do, he'll surely cry.
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