Mary Had A Little Lamb- Free Sheet Music and Lyrics

Mary Had A Little Lamb is one of the most beloved nursery rhymes ever written.  Attributed to writer Sarah Josepha Hale the rhyme became so popular that a short time later Lowell Mason put the song to music and it has graced our lives ever since.  It's origins go back to the year 1830 and was indeed based on an actual event of a lamb following a young girl named Mary to school. 

Over the years the musical version of the song has evolved a bit, with the original Mason tune being adapted to many other childrens songs such as Merrily We Roll Along.  Both songs share the same basic tune and style yet tell completely different stories.  The song is also one of the first songs learned by most new musicians, due to its simplicity and ease by which it is learned on almost any instrument.  Most beginning instrument texts include Mary Had A Little Lamb or Merrily We Roll Along as one of their first song selections.

The music provided below is in Adobe PDF format.  Should you wish to view and edit the music a copy of the Sibelius format music notation file is also included.

Mary Had A Little Lamb

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1	Mary Had A Little Lamb Voice (View)	15.09 kB	2350 times
2	Mary Had A Little Lamb Violoncello (View)	14.14 kB	586 times
3	Mary Had A Little Lamb Violin (View)	14.54 kB	1875 times
4	Mary Had A Little Lamb Viola (View)	14.21 kB	916 times
5	Mary Had A Little Lamb Tuba (View)	14.33 kB	676 times
6	Mary Had A Little Lamb Trumpet In Bb (View)	15.64 kB	1613 times
7	Mary Had A Little Lamb Trombone Baritone (View)	14.09 kB	1275 times
8	Mary Had A Little Lamb Tenor Saxophone (View)	14.29 kB	786 times
9	Mary Had A Little Lamb Horn In F (View)	14.38 kB	544 times
10	Mary Had A Little Lamb Glockenspiel (View)	14.63 kB	647 times
11	Mary Had A Little Lamb Flute Oboe (View)	14.54 kB	1068 times
12	Mary Had A Little Lamb Contrabass (View)	14.18 kB	435 times
13	Mary Had A Little Lamb Clarinet In Bb (View)	15.75 kB	1649 times
14	Mary Had A Little Lamb Alto Saxophone (View)	14.51 kB	1535 times
15	Mary Had A Little Lamb Acoustic Guitar Tab (View)	14.8 kB	653 times
16	Mary Had A Little Lamb Acoustic Guitar (View)	14.51 kB	791 times
17	Mary Had A Little Lamb (View)	38.81 kB	1189 times

Lyrics To Mary Had A Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
whose fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
and everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.

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

And so the teacher turned it out,
turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out,
but still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about
till Mary did appear.

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
Love Mary so? Love Mary so?
"Why does the lamb love Mary so,"
the eager children cry.
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."
The lamb, you know, the lamb, you know,
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"
the teacher did reply.

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