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To: SeekAndFind
I learned this as a kid, but it's probably been banned as "racist"--even though it's egalitarian. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep treats all customers the same.
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,
Have you any wool?
"Yes, sir, yes, sir!
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the flapper girl
Who struts down the lane. "

9 posted on 09/24/2021 10:25:46 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
It was a tax protest song.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,
Have you any wool?
"Yes, sir, yes, sir!
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who cries down the lane. "

The master was the local lord, the dame was the church and the little boy was the farmer who had just paid a 66% tax on his gross income.

You would cry too!

10 posted on 09/24/2021 10:39:24 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I had my emotional DNA done. Turns out I am a reincarnation of Subadar Prag Tewarri.)
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