Mary et al

Posted by Bruce Kahl June 06, 2005In reply to Nursery rhymes posted by David FG on June 05, 2005

Where do the nursery rhymes "row row your boat gently down the stream life but a dream", "mary had a little lamb" come from?

I don't know, but the first of those is probably the most irritating tune in the history of the universe.

DFG

Mary Had A Little Lamb:

Written By: Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, 1830's
Copyright Unknown

Much more than anyone needs to know re: Mary, see below.

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is a round which my kids loved as did I on long car trips.

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.