Lyrics to
Mary Had A Little Lamb

This version of Mary Had A Little Lamb was released by Paul Mccartney in 1971.

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Mary had a little lamb,
his fleece was white as snow,
Ev’rywhere that Mary went,
that lamb was sur to go.

And you could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

He followed her to school one day,
it was against the rules,
Made the children laugh and play to
see a lamb at school.

You could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

Soon the teacher turned it out,
still it lingered near,
Waited patiently about till
Mary did appear.

You could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

“But the lamb loved Mary so”,
the eager children cry,
“And Mary loves the lamb, you know”,
the teacher did reply.

And you could hear them singing:
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
(Ev’ry body singing)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

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About Lyrics and Mary Had A Little Lamb by Paul Mccartney

The lyrics to Mary Had A Little Lamb are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Paul Mccartney used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Mary Had A Little Lamb have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Paul Mccartney and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Mary Had A Little Lamb by Paul Mccartney. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Mary Had A Little Lamb" means the words set to the music of Mary Had A Little Lamb, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Paul Mccartney. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Mary Had A Little Lamb and the lyrics to Mary Had A Little Lamb are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Paul Mccartney who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mary Had A Little Lamb, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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