Little Bo Peep
Overview
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme
The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘Mother Goose Rhymes’ is still often used.-Lullabies:...
. It has a Roud Folk Song Index
Roud Folk Song Index
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of 300,000 references to over 21,600 songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world...
number of 6487.
As with most products of oral tradition
Oral history
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, there are many variations to the rhyme. The most common modern version is:
- Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
- And can't tell where to find them;
- Leave them alone, And they'll come home,
- Wagging their tails behind them.
Common variations on second line include "And doesn't know where to find them".
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