It seems that there is no logical reason for addressing the question to a sheep and therefore it is probably all about the phonetics. The correct version, which would word as well with the music, because the amount of syllables are the same would be:īut we must admit that this doesn’ t work very well with the sheep’s cry of “baa, baa“. This question could be addressed to the sheperd of the herd or to the owner, but not to a sheep. Another issue is that the question, “Have you any wool?“ is directed to the sheep and that doesn’ t make any sense. There is no doubt that the black sheep is a problem, but this problem has nothing to do with the colour of the sheep, but what the sheep can provide. The supporter of this idea sees the a relationship between this song and the slave trade, but it is impossible to find any concrete facts supporting this affirmation. It can be supposed that a lot of people have heard the debate about whether the nursery rhyme “Baa, Baa, black sheep“ is racist and whether it should be banned from school.
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