Mary Had a Little lamb

This is nothing more than a silly poem based on the original nursery rhyme, and using the same rhyme and rhythm pattern.

Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was dirty black
For everywhere that Mary went
She dragged it on its back.

The trouble was that Mary’s lamb
Was not a real sheep
But rather, just a cuddly toy
She nicked from Miss Bo-Peep.

(The word “nicked is a colloquialism for ‘stole’)

This poem is a firm favourite amongst the children in the ‘Fun With Poetry’ assemblies that I have run in primary schools, and resulted in inspiring another poem entitled “Mary had Another Lamb”.  Both poems are in my book “The Good, The Mad and the Ugly: A Collection of Angela’s Poems” (RRP £5.99)

If you would like to see more of my alternative nursery rhymes, click here (Including Mary and her Little Lamb), or if you’d like some help starting writing some of your own click here for tips on writing alternative nursery rhymes, or click here for the lyrics of some traditional nursery rhymes to inspire you.

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